Sense of space : the crisis of urban design in India
Sabikhi, Ranjit
Sense of space : the crisis of urban design in India - Noida HarperCollins Publishers India 2019 - x,260,iip.
CONTENTS
PREFACE vii
INTRODUCTION ix
LAND 1
MAN AND THE LAND 1
THE MAGIC OF LANDSCAPE 5
SPACE IN THE INDIAN CONTEXT 21
A CHANGING SCENARIO 21
THE IMPORTANCE OF OPEN SPACE 24
EXPLORATIONS IN URBAN DESIGN 41
EVOLUTION OFAN INDIGENOUS URBAN DESIGN 41
CHANDIGARH-THE CITY OF THE FUTURE 72
DELHI'S CHANGING PROFILE 93
THE COLLAPSE OF PLANNING OF DELHI (1957-2019) 93
MASTER PLAN FOR DELHI 2021 108
DELHI'S SPECIFIC ISSUES 135
CONNAUGHT PLACE-A STORY OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES 135
NEHRU PLACE-DELHI'S FIRST DISTRICT CENTRE 148
BAZAARS, SHOPPING CENTRES AND RETAIL MALLS 157
DELHI NEEDS A MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT NETWORK 164
TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT 171
THE URBAN VILLAGES OF DELHI 178
PLANNING FOR THE URBAN POOR 196
THE FUTURE OF DELHI'S FARMHOUSES 202
THE VIP CULTURE AND LUTYENS'S NEW DELHI 206
DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT URBAN DESIGN SPELLS DISASTER 212
ABSENCE OF PLANNING IS DESTROYING THE NATIONAL CAPITAL 218
URBAN CRISIS 239
DELHI'S URGENT NEED FOR URBAN DESIGN 239
A CALL FOR CHANGE-THE PROPOSED NATIONAL URBAN POLICY FRAMEWORK 242
CONCLUSION 249
INDEX 250
CREDITS 257
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 261
ABOUTTHEAUTHOR 262
9789353574673
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Sense of space : the crisis of urban design in India - Noida HarperCollins Publishers India 2019 - x,260,iip.
CONTENTS
PREFACE vii
INTRODUCTION ix
LAND 1
MAN AND THE LAND 1
THE MAGIC OF LANDSCAPE 5
SPACE IN THE INDIAN CONTEXT 21
A CHANGING SCENARIO 21
THE IMPORTANCE OF OPEN SPACE 24
EXPLORATIONS IN URBAN DESIGN 41
EVOLUTION OFAN INDIGENOUS URBAN DESIGN 41
CHANDIGARH-THE CITY OF THE FUTURE 72
DELHI'S CHANGING PROFILE 93
THE COLLAPSE OF PLANNING OF DELHI (1957-2019) 93
MASTER PLAN FOR DELHI 2021 108
DELHI'S SPECIFIC ISSUES 135
CONNAUGHT PLACE-A STORY OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES 135
NEHRU PLACE-DELHI'S FIRST DISTRICT CENTRE 148
BAZAARS, SHOPPING CENTRES AND RETAIL MALLS 157
DELHI NEEDS A MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT NETWORK 164
TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT 171
THE URBAN VILLAGES OF DELHI 178
PLANNING FOR THE URBAN POOR 196
THE FUTURE OF DELHI'S FARMHOUSES 202
THE VIP CULTURE AND LUTYENS'S NEW DELHI 206
DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT URBAN DESIGN SPELLS DISASTER 212
ABSENCE OF PLANNING IS DESTROYING THE NATIONAL CAPITAL 218
URBAN CRISIS 239
DELHI'S URGENT NEED FOR URBAN DESIGN 239
A CALL FOR CHANGE-THE PROPOSED NATIONAL URBAN POLICY FRAMEWORK 242
CONCLUSION 249
INDEX 250
CREDITS 257
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 261
ABOUTTHEAUTHOR 262
9789353574673
711.40954 / SAB