Papers by Uttara Ramakrishnan
Binucom + KRVIA, 2017
This profile of Mumbai and its regional setting provides a short historical overview of the city’... more This profile of Mumbai and its regional setting provides a short historical overview of the city’s physical and demographic growth, economic and social geography, institutional-administrative structure, and urban planning and development policy. The paper also aims to set up the necessary context to understand the formation and position of self-built (informal) housing and settlements, and their role, especially in the provision of low-cost housing for low-income residents. It provides a critical-historical perspective on the social and spatial evolution of Mumbai, with an emphasis on the highly contested process of spatial production, and the centrality of relations of power and politics in shaping the city.
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Papers by Uttara Ramakrishnan