Engineering Formality: Flyover and Skywalk Construction in Mumbai

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 295-314

  Harris, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

elevated transport; engineering; informality; infrastructure; material politics; Mumbai

Indexed keywords

POLITICS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN TRANSPORT;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI;

EID: 85043688552     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12525     Document Type: Conference Paper

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