In the images of development : city design in the global South
Banerjee, Tridib
In the images of development : city design in the global South - London MIT Press 2021 - xviii,497,ip. - Urban and Industrial Environments Ed. by Robert Gottlied & Henry R. Luce .
Contents
Foreword by Manuel Castells ix
Preface xi
1 Looking Back from Vila Dunia 1
I Development and Urbanism
2 The Fable of Bell Curves 23
3 Modernity and Other Images of Development 53
4 Urban Form and Urbanism 69
II Precolonial and Colonial Legacies
5 The Canonical City 95
6 Piety, Community, Autopoiesis, and Aesthetics 119
7 The Colonial Project 153
Ill The Postcolonial Era
8 Postcolonial Utopias 197
9 Import of Design Paradigms 229
10 The Spectacle of Poverty and Inequality 249
11 The Faustian Imperative 273
12 The Place of Medina 307
13 Looking Ahead from Vila Dunia 325
Epilogue: Best Practices 357
Notes 385
References 443
Index 483
9780262044707
Europeans--Social life and customs
Urban policy
Urbanization
Developing countries
City planning
307.1216 / BAN
In the images of development : city design in the global South - London MIT Press 2021 - xviii,497,ip. - Urban and Industrial Environments Ed. by Robert Gottlied & Henry R. Luce .
Contents
Foreword by Manuel Castells ix
Preface xi
1 Looking Back from Vila Dunia 1
I Development and Urbanism
2 The Fable of Bell Curves 23
3 Modernity and Other Images of Development 53
4 Urban Form and Urbanism 69
II Precolonial and Colonial Legacies
5 The Canonical City 95
6 Piety, Community, Autopoiesis, and Aesthetics 119
7 The Colonial Project 153
Ill The Postcolonial Era
8 Postcolonial Utopias 197
9 Import of Design Paradigms 229
10 The Spectacle of Poverty and Inequality 249
11 The Faustian Imperative 273
12 The Place of Medina 307
13 Looking Ahead from Vila Dunia 325
Epilogue: Best Practices 357
Notes 385
References 443
Index 483
9780262044707
Europeans--Social life and customs
Urban policy
Urbanization
Developing countries
City planning
307.1216 / BAN