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The Promises of Postcolonial Utopias: Perspectives from the Global South
The notion of ‘smart cities’, with their ubiquitous linked sharing of data and observation, can be both problematic and simultaneously utopian. Tridib Banerjee, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy at the University of Southern California (USC) where he previously held the James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning, explores the recent adoption of the concept, particularly in the Global South. Notably, Le Corbusier's modernist city of Chandigarh in India has just been named a smart city. What will this mean for law and order, culture, and urban vitality for its inhabitants in coming years?
The Promises of Postcolonial Utopias: Perspectives from the Global South
The notion of ‘smart cities’, with their ubiquitous linked sharing of data and observation, can be both problematic and simultaneously utopian. Tridib Banerjee, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy at the University of Southern California (USC) where he previously held the James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning, explores the recent adoption of the concept, particularly in the Global South. Notably, Le Corbusier's modernist city of Chandigarh in India has just been named a smart city. What will this mean for law and order, culture, and urban vitality for its inhabitants in coming years?
The Promises of Postcolonial Utopias: Perspectives from the Global South
Banerjee, Tridib (author)
Architectural Design ; 93 ; 88-95
2023-01-01
1 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Global South , Songdo , South Korea , Masdar , Abu Dhabi , India , Smart Cities Mission (SCM) , Kevin Lynch , A Theory of Good City Form , Invisible Cities , Italo Calvino , Marco Polo , Kublai Khan , Chandigarh , Punjab , Nehru , Gandhi , Garden City , Congrès internationaux d'architecture moderne (CIAM) movements , Le Corbusier , Albert Mayer , jhuggis , Ravi Kalia , Rock Garden , Nek Chand Saini , Pierre Jeanneret , Maxwell Fry , Jane Drew , Aditya Prakash , MN Sharma , Smart City Commission , Chandigarh Smart City Limited , Darshini Mahadevia
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