CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION PART 1 THEORETICAL PRELIMINARIES 1. Space Syntax Theory - Overview and Applications 1.01 Why Space Syntax 1.02 The Philosophy 1.03 What we think 1.04 Space Syntax as Non-Discursive Technique 1.05 Describing the Theory 1.06 Traditional Graphical Representations 1.07 The Space Syntax Theory 1.08 Simplifying the Situation 1.09 The Urban Grid 1.10 The Axial Map and Axial Graph of an Urban Grid 1.11 A Space Syntax Approach - Representation and Analysis of an Urban Grid 1.12 Critical Discussions 2. Urban Grids, Form and Centrality - Origins and Configurations of a City 2.01 The Urban Form and the Urban Grid 2.02 Spatial Configuration, Movement and Universal Distance PART 2 CASE STUDIES 3. Contextual Background of Mumbai 3.01 The Historical City of Mumbai 3.02 A Chronological Timeline 3.03 Evolution of the City 4. Morphologic and Syntactic analysis of stages of Development 5. The Urban Structure of Mumbai Configurations and Relationships 6. Probing Centralities in the city region of Bombay 7. Conclusions ILLUSTRATION CREDITS BIBLIOGRAPHY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS