Rule by aesthetics : world-class city making in Delhi
Ghertner, D. AsherAuthor
'Rule by Aesthetics' draws on extensive fieldwork in Delhi's slums, courtrooms and state offices to shed fresh light on the violent underpinnings of contemporary city making. Presenting a new theory of urban power, Ghertner shows how aesthetic codes replaced conventional city planning tools in Delhi's millennial slum clearance drive.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Rule by Aesthetics' draws on extensive fieldwork in Delhi's slums, courtrooms and state offices to shed fresh light on the violent underpinnings of contemporary city making. Presenting a new theory of urban power, Ghertner shows how aesthetic codes replaced conventional city planning tools in Delhi's millennial slum clearance drive.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 9, 2015).
City planning
Slums
Urban renewal
Sociology & Social History
Social Sciences
Communities - Urban Groups