Urban Development in India: Global Indians in the Remaking of Kolkata

by Pablo Bose

Book Overview

Indian diaspora has had a complex and multifaceted role in catalyzing, justifying and promoting a transformed urban landscape in India. Focussing on Kolkata/ Calcutta, this book analyses the changing landscapes over the past two decades of one of the world's most fascinating and iconic cities. Previously better known due to its post-Independence decline into overcrowded poverty, pollution and despair, in recent years it has experience a revitalization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415735971
• ISBN13: 9780415735971
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.3"