Rule by Aesthetics: World-Class City Making in Delhi

Worlding Cities: Asian Experiments and the Art of being Global

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 279-306

  Ghertner, D Asher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

"planned ness," an attribute of urban space key determination of legality, planned; Calculative deficiencies and turn to aesthetic norms; Delhi Development Authority (DDA) visual appearance of future mall, project's planned ness; Delhi's contemporary "worlding" experiment slum residents, into image of world class city; Delhi's hosting of 2010 Commonwealth Games making Delhi a "world class city"; Juridical category of "nuisance" any "offense to sense of sight, smell, or hearing"; Rule by aesthetics world class city making in Delhi; Shiv Camp, making "sensible" a world class aesthetic myth of private property and "good life"; Shiv Camp, private property house posters, retaining pastoral landscapes in devotional posters; World class aesthetics, courts establishing slums obstacle to Delhi, becoming a world class city

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859229659     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444346800.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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