Urban Development and New Towns in the Third World: Lessons from the New Bombay Experience (Soas Studies in Development Geography)

India and Bombay are some of the world's most dramatic examples of rapid urban growth. One of the strategies frequently adopted by the Indian authorities to cope with this urban growth is the development of new towns, such as New Bombay, which is India's largest and most significant urban planning experience since independence. The New Bombay model, based on specific planning and financial strategy, and this application, is increasingly being copied and implemented in other urban areas of India. This volume offers an independent evaluation of New Bombay and sets it in a wider Third World urban development context. As well as analyzing the processes of physical growth and economic growth, this volume also examines the process of social development and in particular, the consequences of this planning concept for the urban poor.