India: the urban transition – a case study of development urbanism
12 October 2017, 5:30 pm–7:00 pm
Dialogues in Development: India: the urban transition
Event Information
Open to
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Organiser
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The Bartlett Development Planning Unit
Location
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Room 604, Institute for Education, 20 Bedford Way
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Using the case of India, Henrik Valeur discusses some of the problems and possibilities related to the urban transition of the so-called “developing” world and propose some possible solutions. The concept of smart cities will briefly be discussed and development urbanism will be introduced as an alternative strategy.
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Henrik Valeur is an independent architect-urbanist, curator ofĚýĚý(Golden Lion, Venice Biennale of Architecture 2006) and author ofĚýĚý(2014), which is based on his experiences teaching, researching and practicing in India.
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