Chandigarh: The Modernist City in a Neoliberal World (Planning, History and Environment)

by Vikramaditya Prakash

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Chandigarh, forever associated with Le Corbusier and Modernism and described Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, as 'unfettered by the traditions of the past, a symbol of nation's faith in future', is now more than fifty years old. Here Vikram Prakash examines the iconic city's transformation in the face of globalization and its place in an India whose population is estimated to reach two billion by the end of the century.

Based on several years of work conducted as part of the University of Washington's Chandigarh Urban Lab, the book offers a critique of contemporary Chandigarh...

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  • ISBN10 0415816882
  • ISBN13 9780415816885
  • Publish Date 1 January 2021
  • Publish Status Cancelled
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 300
  • Language English