In the images of development city design in the Global South / Tridib Banerjee, Foreword by Manuel Castells.
| Author/creator | Banerjee, Tridib |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021] |
| Description | xviii, 497 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from MIT Press Direct to Open Backfile STEAM Monographs D2O |
| Subjects |
| Series | Urban and industrial environments |
| Contents | Looking back from Vila Dunia -- The fable of bell curves -- Modernity and other images of development -- Urban form and urbanism -- The canonical city -- Community, piety, autopoiesis, and aesthetics -- The colonial project -- Postcolonial utopias -- Import of design paradigms -- The spectacle of poverty and inequality -- The Faustian imperative -- The place of Medina in a global economy -- Looking ahead from Vila Dunia. |
| Abstract | "Magisterial and critical study of city design in the Global South, tracing the historical, economic, political, and ideological forces influencing development up to the present"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-481) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020005066 |
| ISBN | 9780262044707 (hardcover) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |