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mumbai

PUBLIC PLACES – BOMBAY

“PUBLIC PLACES – BOMBAY” is available for reference at UDRI Resource Centre.

INTRODUCTION

This publication is based on the proceedings of the Seminar titled “Public Places Bombay” that was held in Mumbai on December 15-16, 1995. The Seminar was organised by the Max Mueller Bhavan Bombay, the Urban Design Research Institute and the Habitat Forum, Berlin.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. Introduction
  3. Sense of Place: Spatial Dynamics of the Indian CityKulbhushan Jain
  4. Public Space: The Last FrontierMahesh N Buch
  5. History & Sociology of Public Space – FrankfurtGerd De Bruyn
  6. The Indian Street as Processional WayNarayani Gupta
  7. Hyphens & EllipsesRanjit Hoskote
  8. Launching off from the BackyardHimanshu Burte
  9. Urban Ecology & EnvironmentDebi Goenka
  10. Urban Green Spaces and BombayKishore Pradhan
  11. Restoration of Bombay’s WaterfrontsP K Das
  12. People: Space :: Public PlaceJal Aria
  13. Angan TedhaRavi Hazra
  14. Proposed Heritage LegislationShyam Chainani
  15. Oval Lessons & BeyondShirin Bharucha
  16. Private Enterprise and the Public Places of BombayGeorge Gopali
  17. Post ScriptRahul Mehrotra
  18. Notes on Authors
  19. Maps