Town planning in postcolonial India, 1947-1965: Chandigarh re-examined

Urban Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 857-878

  Shaw, Annapurna ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; MODERNITY; NATIONALISM; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; POST-COLONIALISM; REGIONALISM; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN DESIGN;

CHANDIGARH; INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA];

EID: 74349125831     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.30.8.857     Document Type: Article

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