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World-class as a provincial construct: Historicizing planning in Colombo and Delhi.
- Source :
- Planning Theory; Aug2020, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p268-284, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- South Asia's bourgeoning agglomerations are argued to derive their imageries from the abstracted northern notions of the urban, partially captured by the umbrella phrase – world-class. This article unpacks the notion of world-class using planning exercises in Colombo and Delhi. I argue that world-class cannot be seen in isolation to read the violence of urbanization, but when planning is historicized, visions like world-class present themselves as a subsequent logical step. Therefore, for any radical opposition to exclusionary planning, we need to look at the possibility of an epistemological rupture in the planning discourse rather than to critique the notion of world-class. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- URBAN planning
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14730952
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Planning Theory
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 144578161
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1473095219892999