Kumar, Ashok and Vidyarthi, Sanjeev

Urban planning in contemporary India: Myriad approaches in parallel play - Economic & Political Weekly - 61(6), Feb 7, 2026: p.44-48

What fundamental influences are critical to understanding the nature and orientation of planning practice in contemporary India? This paper tracks four approaches that are posited as foundationally elemental to comprehend the origin and long-term development of India’s urban planning. They also help make sense of persistent urban challenges and freshly emergent perspectives in the field. –Reproduced

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