D. Asher Ghertner: Rule by aesthetics: world-class city making in Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2015, 272 pp

The demolition and clearance of“JJ clusters”[jhuggijhopri clusters/squatter settlements] in Delhi in the first decade of the 21st century resulted in the displacement of approximately one million people, i.e. about 6% of the total population of Delhi. There can be little doubt that “slum clearance”...

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Main Author: Rao Cavale, Karthik
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer India 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110455
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