Mitchell, Maurice

Learning from Delhi : dispersed initiatives in changing urban landscapes / Maurice Mitchell ; edited by Shamoon Patwari and Bo Tang - Surrey : Ashgate, 2010. - xv, 305 p.

Part I Setting the Scene -- Field research -- Methods (and modernity) -- Part II Essays -- Delhi 'slums': red lines and high walls -- The waste pickers of Panchseel Vihar -- Havelis and the conglomerate matrix -- Urban nomads -- Climate, density and construction -- Place, space and services -- The relevance for architectural education in the UK -- Part III Catalogue of Selected Students' Schemes -- Slums, sanitation, amenity and housing -- Waste picking -- Havelis -- Urban nomads -- Leisure and livelihoods -- Live projects -- Students and projects 2002-2010.

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Squatter settlements
Architectural design
Architecture and society
Designs and plans
Architecture-- India--Delhi
City planning

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