Data collection on the population is a key mode of public health management in the Global
South. This information is seen as a means to improve health metrics through welfare …

An examination of the process of prioritizing private motorized transportation in Bengaluru, a
rapidly growing megacity of the Global South. Automobiles and their associated …

This article discusses the connections between the unfolding of the 2011 Arab uprisings and
the “culture of the net.” Being far from overestimating the role that Internet has played in the …

" Public services, especially in urban areas, are a pressing concern. Following India's
landmark constitutional amendment in 1992-93, it was expected that local governments …

Owing to its scope, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission is an excellent
window for understanding the evolution of urban governance in India, despite its closing in …

Vehicular congestion on the streets of Bengaluru has been tackled, since the late 1990s at
least, through a hybrid coalition of actors, technologies, norms, and discourses that have …

As a framing device, occupancy urbanism disrupts the notion that master planning could be
the sole defining reference locating forms of territoriality, demarcating illegal non-conforming …

Multilateral and other donor agencies have sought for some time to intervene within systems
of governance in different develo** countries, as is evident through procedures that critical …

This article explores how variations in provincial-state and city-level political cultures
influence urban economic trajectory by mediating forces emerging out of global economic …

New forms of urban organisation with private modes of governance are being unleashed
across India through the creation of special economic zones, industrial townships and smart …