Inappropriately appropriated or innovatively indigenized?: Neighborhood unit concept in post-independence India

Journal of Planning History

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 260-276

  Vidyarthi, Sanjeev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriation of planning ideas; Neighborhood unit; Planning concepts and practice; Post independence India

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INDEPENDENCE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; PLANNING PRACTICE; URBAN HISTORY; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

INDIA;

EID: 77958491644     PISSN: 15385132     EISSN: 15526585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538513210384457     Document Type: Article

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