Calcutta 1981 : The city, its crisis, and the debate on urban planning and development / Jean Racine

• Author: Adhikari, Gautam
• TeilnehmendeR: Banerjee, Alok; Banerjee, Bireswar; Banerjee, Nirmala; Basu, Durga Das; Bhattacharya, Santosh K.; Bhaya, Hiten; Bose, Nirmal Kumar; Chaube, Shibani Kinkar; Dasgupta, Subha; De, Barun; Dutta, Bhabatosh; Kutty, M.G.; Mitra, Asok; Mukherjee, Sudhendu; Munsi, Sunil K.; Racine, Jean; Ray, Barun; Roberge, Gaston; Romatet, Emmanuel; Roy, Kalyan; Roy, S.K.; Sinha, Sukumar; Statesman, The; Sur, Prasanta Kumar; Unnayan,
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (486 p.)

A city laden with symbolic meaning in the Western mind, Calcutta – with ten million inhabitants today – is much more than the apathetic or violent display of urban destitution in India, as seen by the world at large. This collection tries to reach precisely beyond the cliches, to enable some of thos...