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Feb 08 2019

Mobility and the metro

Continuing our study of the Mumbai Metro and its impact on homegrown settlements

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mobility
neighbourhood
infrastructure
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Jan 18 2019

Exclusively Unaffordable

How the Mumbai Metro line 3 could affect Dharavi.

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Livelihood
neighborhood
transformation
infrastructure
mobility
informal
New metro infrastructure and pre-existing structures in Asalpha
Nov 21 2018

Networked and Unaffordable

How the metro line is affecting a neighbourhood in Mumbai

mobility
Livelihood
neighborhood
transformation
infrastructure
mobility
informal
affordable housing
housing
Aug 27 2017

Letter from a globalised island of Ulleung-do

On how nature and economy share a common destiny (The Hindu, 27.08.17) 

Shinbisum
development
infrastructure
nature
geopolitics
island
Sep 01 2015

Why India should reject China's obsession with bigger, denser megacities

In the urbanisation race, India seems desperate to catch up with China. Yet this highly networked country can build a future where cities do not rule supreme.

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Image 1: A street view of Ulwe showing the emptiness of the surrounding buildings
Sep 09 2014

Urbanisation and its collateral damage

Planning the planned city of Navi Mumbai. 

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navimumbai
neighbourhood
construction
city
infrastructure
urban development
Mar 22 2013

Mumbai's Kinetic Exhaustion

What does the mutation of colonial Bombay into global Mumbai mean for architectural forms and public life?

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incremental
homegrown
city
urban development
urbanology
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Jan 30 2011

Religious Sites in Dharavi

The number of religious sites in Dharavi is practically infinite. Small shrines and large temples dot the courtyards and roadsides with incredible density.

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dharavi
religion
construction
infrastructure