T Dealing with the Rapid Urban Transitions Mehrotra, Rahul creator author. moving image videorecording |d| UrbanNext July 29, 2021 monographic eng In this excerpt from an interview with architect, urban designer and educator Rahul Mehrotra, he explains the Kinetic City, a concept rooted on the ephemeral nature of Indian festival cities that could be of help while dealing with the rapid urban transitions happening in the Subcontinent. Energy and sustainability, High Density, Ibai Rigby Assoc, Politics and economics, Rahul Mehrotra, Talk, Territory and mobility Interview by Ibai Rigby for urbanNext. Filmed in Mumbai, February 2016. Africa, Architectural theory, Architecture, Architecture’s challenge, Background, Challenge, China, Cities, Cultural diversity, Culture, Demography, Design, Emergent issues, Ephemeral, Future cities, Future development, Global Awareness, Global discourse, Global South, India, Industrialization, Informal city, Informal economy, Le Corbusier, Non renewable resources, Political ecology, Population, Renewable resources, Social culture, talk, Temporary appropriation, Temporary Interventions, Temporary uses, Theory, Time, Transition, Transitionary landscapes, Urban Paradigms, Urban pathologies, Urban planning, Western paradigms Demographic Growth Urbanisation Ephemeral Architecture India South Asia 2575-5374 https://urbannext.net/the-kinetic-city/ https://urbannext.net/the-kinetic-city/ ES-BaAUN 221102 20221223104441.0 eng