Mission impossible: defining Indian smart cities
Khan, S. and Zerah, M.-H. and Taraporevala, Persis (2018) Mission impossible: defining Indian smart cities. Economic and Political Weekly 53 (49), pp. 80-88. ISSN 0012-9976.
Abstract
In the wake of the global enthusiasm for smart cities, the central government launched the ambitious Smart Cities Mission in 2015. Based on a detailed analysis of proposals of the top 60 cities, the mission is located within the larger urban reform process initiated in the 1990s. An attempt has been made to define smart cities to understand how they envisage questions of urban transformations, inclusion and democracy. The proposals reveal an excessive reliance on consultants, lack of effective participation, a common set of interventions that are accepted as “smart solutions,” and a shift towards greater control of urban local bodies by state governments.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Law School |
| Depositing User: | Persis Taraporevala |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Aug 2024 14:39 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Aug 2024 14:40 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/54092 |
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