New urban utopias of postcolonial India: ‘Entrepreneurial urbanization’ in Dholera smart city, Gujarat

Dialogues in Human Geography

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-22

  Datta, Ayona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

entrepreneurial state; land rights; smart city; urbanization; utopia

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENTREPRENEUR; INVESTMENT; LAND RIGHTS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POST-COLONIALISM; PRION DISEASE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

DHOLERA; GUJARAT; INDIA;

EID: 84975097242     PISSN: 20438206     EISSN: 20438214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2043820614565748     Document Type: Article

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