Calcutta 1981 : the city, its crisis and the debate on urban planning and development

A city laden with symbolic meaning in the Western mind, Calcutta with ten million inhabitants today is much more than the apathetic or violent display of urban destitution in India, as seen by the world at large. This collection tries to reach precisely beyond the cliches, to enable some of those wh...

Descripció completa

Guardat en:
Dades bibliogràfiques
Autors principals: Racine, Jean, 1946-, Adhikari, Gangadhar M., 1898-1981 (Autor), Banerjee, Alok (Autor), Banerjee, Bireswar (Autor), Banerjee, Nirmala (Autor), Basu, Durga Das (Autor), Bhattacharya, Santosh K. (Autor), Bhaya, Hiten (Autor), Bose, Nirmal Kumar, 1901-1972, anthropologue (Autor), Chaube, Shibani Kinkar, 1936- (Autor), Dasgupta, Subha (Autor), De, Barun (Autor), Dutta, Bhabatosh (Autor), Kutty, M.G (Autor), Mitra, Asok (Autor), Mukherjee, S. N. (Autor), Munsi, Sunil Kumar, 1922-...., géographe (Autor), Ray, Barun (Autor), Roberge, Gaston (Autor), Romatet, Emmanuel (Autor), Roy, Kalyan (Autor), Roy, S.K (Autor), Sinha, S. N. (Autor), Statesman, The (Autor), Sur, Prasanta Kumar (Autor), Unnayan (Autor)
Format: Livre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicat: New Delhi : Institut Français de Pondichéry 2020.
Marseille : OpenEdition
Matèries:
Accés en línia:Ressource accessible en libre accès
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM ; Accès complet au document dans sa version HTML. Pas d'accès aux autres formats (PDF, Epub).
Nota: Description d'après la consultation, 2020-05-28
Titre provenant de la page de titre du document électronique
La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 486 pages
Contributeurs : Gautam Adhikari, Alok Banerjee, Bireswar Banerjee, Nirmala Banerjee, Durga Das Basu, Santosh K. Bhattacharya, Hiten Bhaya, Nirmal Kumar Bose, Shibani Kinkar Chaube, Subha Dasgupta, Barun De, Bhabatosh Dutta, M.G. Kutty ,Asok Mitra, Sudhendu Mukherjee, Sunil K. Munsi, Barun Ray, Gaston Roberge, Emmanuel Romatet, Kalyan Roy, S.K. Roy, Sukumar Sinha, The Statesman, Prasanta Kumar Sur, Unnayan
OpenEdition Books (freemium)
Autres localisations: Voir dans le Sudoc
Edition sous un autre format:• Calcutta 1981, the city, its crisis and the debate on urban planning and development, edited by Jean Racine, 1990, New Delhi, Concept, 1 vol. (XXXIV-486 p.), 81-7022193-5
LEADER 05261nam a22006257a 4500
001 1206583
008 200515s2020 xxe ||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
009 PPN244247412
020 |a 9791036549779 
041 0 |a eng 
082 |a 307.76 
100 1 |a Racine, Jean,  |d 1946- 
245 1 0 |a Calcutta 1981 :  |b the city, its crisis and the debate on urban planning and development   |c edited by Jean Racine. 
256 |a Données textuelles 
260 |a New Delhi :  |b Institut Français de Pondichéry. 
260 |a Marseille :  |b OpenEdition,  |c 2020. 
500 |a Description d'après la consultation, 2020-05-28 
500 |a Titre provenant de la page de titre du document électronique 
500 |a La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 486 pages 
500 |a Contributeurs : Gautam Adhikari, Alok Banerjee, Bireswar Banerjee, Nirmala Banerjee, Durga Das Basu, Santosh K. Bhattacharya, Hiten Bhaya, Nirmal Kumar Bose, Shibani Kinkar Chaube, Subha Dasgupta, Barun De, Bhabatosh Dutta, M.G. Kutty ,Asok Mitra, Sudhendu Mukherjee, Sunil K. Munsi, Barun Ray, Gaston Roberge, Emmanuel Romatet, Kalyan Roy, S.K. Roy, Sukumar Sinha, The Statesman, Prasanta Kumar Sur, Unnayan 
500 |a OpenEdition Books (freemium) 
504 |a Bibliogr. Index 
506 |a L'accès complet au document est ouvert à tous dans sa version HTML. L'accès aux autres formats (PDF, Epub) est réservé aux usagers des établissements qui en ont fait l'acquisition. 
520 |a A city laden with symbolic meaning in the Western mind, Calcutta with ten million inhabitants today is much more than the apathetic or violent display of urban destitution in India, as seen by the world at large. This collection tries to reach precisely beyond the cliches, to enable some of those who work in the city as decision-makers, planners or analysts, to speak out and Interpret the multifaceted crisis that has hit this city as it continues to grow, even though its economy is in decline. Their words have all the force as they are derived from first-hand experience. In analysing the laboured evolution of this city, once known as "the most beautiful city east of Suez", we have provided some material on a major case-study for the debate on urban planning and development in the Third World. The planning exercise launched in Calcutta in early 1960s, with support from American experts, hoped also to halt the spread of communism in Bengal. This was a vain expectation, however, as the Communist Party of India-Marxist has been continuously voted into power since 1977. From that date, the Left Front Government has controlled the Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority, which provides amenities to the city and metropolitan district with support from, among others, the World Bank. What are henceforth the urban development policies of "parliamentary communism"? What are the problems they are up against when action is necessary on all fronts at once? In the final analysis, for what purpose and for whom are they planning? What should be the priorities? To set up the economy to right first? To provide amenities for the city? Or to improve the daily life of the most underprivileged? When confronted with these realities, what the Left is able to achieve in power? These are some of the questions that the contributors to this collection have, in their own way, been concerned with in creating an image of present-day Calcutta, seen through its own eyes. 
538 |a Navigateur Web 
650 |a Conditions économiques  |z Calcutta (Inde)  |y 1970-.... 
700 1 |a Adhikari, Gangadhar M.,  |d 1898-1981.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Banerjee, Alok.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Banerjee, Bireswar.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Banerjee, Nirmala.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Basu, Durga Das.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Bhattacharya, Santosh K.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Bhaya, Hiten.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Bose, Nirmal Kumar,  |d 1901-1972,  |c anthropologue.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Chaube, Shibani Kinkar,  |d 1936-  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Dasgupta, Subha.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a De, Barun.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Dutta, Bhabatosh.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Kutty, M.G.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Mitra, Asok.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Mukherjee, S. N.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Munsi, Sunil Kumar,  |d 1922-....,  |c géographe.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Ray, Barun.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Roberge, Gaston.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Romatet, Emmanuel.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Roy, Kalyan.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Roy, S.K.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Sinha, S. N.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Statesman, The.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Sur, Prasanta Kumar.  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Unnayan.  |4 aut 
776 0 |0 160879663  |t Calcutta 1981  |o the city, its crisis and the debate on urban planning and development  |f edited by Jean Racine  |d 1990  |c New Delhi  |n Concept  |p 1 vol. (XXXIV-486 p.)  |z 81-7022193-5 
856 4 |q HTML  |u http://books.openedition.org/ifp/5143  |z Ressource accessible en libre accès 
856 4 |5 452349901:819993883  |u https://ezproxy.univ-orleans.fr/login?url=http://books.openedition.org/ifp/5143  |z Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM ; Accès complet au document dans sa version HTML. Pas d'accès aux autres formats (PDF, Epub). 
997 |0 1206583  |1 Livre numérique  |a Ressource numérique  |b INSA  |b ENSA  |c 0/Bibliothèque numérique/  |c 1/Bibliothèque numérique/Autre ressource numérique/