Indian Twin Cities

Ekaterina Mikhailova, Essay, John Garrard, No Density, Politics and economics, Territory and mobility, Urban Paradigms

Affordable Housing, Cities, City Planning, Economic growth, Essay, Geopolitics, Inclusion, India, Migration, Political & Economic Approach, Political implications, Politics, Rural, Social cohesion, Social impact, Territory&Mobility, Urban Development, Urban growth, Urban mobility, Urban planning, Urban research, Urbanisation

Excerpt from Twin Cities: Urban Communities, Borders and Relationships over Time published by Routledge

Although highly, indeed increasingly, important features of its cityscape, India’s twin cities have apparently attracted little scholarly attention. We will try to remedy some of that deficiency by drawing on the copious material available from public sources to assess the following: the context wherein twin cities arise; their characteristics and underpinning intentions; and, as far as possible, their impact and outcomes.