Planning the City: Urbanization and Reform in Calcutta, c. 1800 – c. 1940 (Record no. 703)
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9788189487904 |
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Classification number | ARCH |
Item number | DUT |
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Personal name | Dutta, Partho |
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Title | Planning the City: Urbanization and Reform in Calcutta, c. 1800 – c. 1940 |
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Place of publication, distribution, etc | New Delhi |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Tulika Books |
Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2017 |
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Extent | 352 |
Dimensions | 6.4 x 1 x 9.6 inches |
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Bibliography, etc | In 1820, an unusual letter was published in the Bengali newspaper Samachar Darpan. It was a plaintive appeal from the rats of the city of Calcutta saying they were being unfairly displaced from their ancient dwellings. Calcutta was indeed going through momentous changes - new roads and neighborhoods were being planned, channels for draining were being dug, new structures were coming up and existing buildings refurbished. These changes were not random. A new spatial order was coming into its own backed by the powerful ideology of town planning. Planning encompassed not only the regulation of physical spaces, but also the multiple concerns of health, policing, and commerce. Planning happened largely in the guise of 'improvement' and the intervention of the colonial government was important. Despite resistance and skepticism, and some reversals, the task of imposing a rational urban order on the city continued. This book examines and assesses the continuity of colonial urban policy and its impact, particularly in terms of the social costs to the displaced population and its implications for understanding planning history generally. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Architecture |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Architecture history |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element | City planning |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element | India |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Kolkata |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Urban policy |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Urbanization |
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Item type | Books |
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Arthshila Ahmedabad | Arthshila Ahmedabad | Cluster: 3G | 03/02/2023 | Page 3 | ARCH/DUT | BK00627 | 03/02/2023 | Books |