The building of Gandhinagar
Subtitle: new capital of Gujarat, India
By: Prakash Madhusudan Apte
Publisher: Power Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Kolkata, India
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9789381205532
Subjects: City planning; Urban policy; Social conditions
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Preface; title: Acknowledgements; title: Town planning in Gujarat; title: Evolution of town form and structure; title: History of Ahmedabad; title: Captial cities of Gujarat; title: Appointment of chief town planner for Gandhinagar; title: Building the new capital; title: The site; title: The planning concept for the city; title: Progress from 1966 to 1970; title: Utilities; title: Parks and gardens; title: Progress till 1972; title: Gandhinagar today; title: A tale of two capitals: Chandigarh and Gandhinagar; title: Gandhinagar endangered: a capital's plan dismantled; title: Epilogue; title: Glossary; title: Index.