Chandigarh : the making of an Indian city
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Chandigarh : the making of an Indian city
(Oxford India paperbacks)
Oxford University Press, 1999
New, updated ed
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  Fukui
  Yamanashi
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  Kyoto
  Osaka
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  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
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  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
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  Oita
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  Okinawa
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-207) and index
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Ravi Kalia provides a history of the planning and development of Chandigarh, focusing on the major figures involved in conceiving and creating it. In the introduction and epilogue to this updated edition, Kalia relates the aims of the Indian government's original plans, and the vision and design of Le Corbusier, to present-day Chandigarh. He reviews the growth and development of one of India's most fascinating cities. This book is intended for general readers with interests in urbanization, urban planning, Indian town planning, and the history and devlopment of Chandigarh. Historians, sociologists, scholars of urban studies and independent India's urban planning.
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