Plotting, Squatting, Public Purpose and Politics by Robert Ja... - 9781138715387

Plotting, Squatting, Public Purpose and PoliticsLand Market Development, Low Income Housing and Public Intervention in India\nAuthor(s): Robert Jan Baken\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138715387, 978-1138715387\nSynopsis\nThis title was first published in 2003. Since independence in 1947, India has undergone a phase of rapid urbanization. New planning laws have been passed, new organizations established, public policy documents and discussion papers prepared and a host of land and housing schemes have been implemented. Still, however, the vast majority of urban expansion is an unplanned process that takes the form of squatting and illegal or semi-legal land subdivision. By looking in detail at two rapidly growing cities in Andhra Pradesh (Vijayawada and Viaskhapatnam) this book explores cultural, physical-spatial, political and economic determinants of the allocation of urban land and of urban growth in India i.