Kumbh mela : mapping the emphemeral megacity
Publication details: New Delhi Niyogi books 2015Description: 449,ipISBN:- 9789385285073
- 711.50954 MEH
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | CEPT Library | General | 711.50954 MEH | Available | 014597 |
CONTENTS
PREAMBLE
Introduction MEENA SONEA HEWETT 10
PURPOSE
Understanding the Kumbh Mela DIANA ECK & KALPESH BHATT 30
URBANISM
The Ephemeral Megacity RAHUL MEHROTRA & FELIPE VERA 66
Setting the Megacity Vignette JAMES WHITTEN, OSCAR MALASPINA & VINEET DIWADKAR 92
DURING THE KUMBH MELA: JANUARY 14 TO MARCH 22
During the Kumbh Mela Photo Essay DINESH MEHTA 126
Health and Safety at the Kumbh Mela SATCHIT BALSARI in collaboration with JENNIFER LEANING 156
Maximum Load Vignette CHUAN HAO CHEN 172
Investigating Population Dynamics of the Kumbh Mela through the Lens of Cell Phone Data JUKKA-PEKKA ONNELA & TARUN KHANNA 202
DEPLOYMENT & DECONSTRUCTION
Deployment Photo Essay DINESH MEHTA 226
Deployment Maps 250
MICHAEL LEE & JUAN PABLO CORRAL
Physical Infrastructure Vignette JOSE MAYORAL & JOHANNES STAUDT 266
Deconstruction Photo Essay DINESH MEHTA 304
GOVERNANCE
Government and the Minimalist Platform: Business at the Kumbh Mela TARUN KHANNA & JOHN MACOMBER 334
Governance and Organizational Structures 356
BENJAMIN SCHEERBARTH, ALYKHAN MOHAMED & VINEET DIWADKAR
LESSONS
Learning from the Pop-Up Megacity: Reflections on Reversibility and Openness
RAHUL MEHROTRA & FELIPE VERA 392
Individual Portraits GILES PRICE 408
APPENDIX
Close-Ups 426
Statistics 434
Bibliography 438
Image Credits 446
Index 447
Acknowledgments 449
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