Feature essays from local and international experts paired with extensive research on the social, economic and physical contours of the four largest metropolitan regions in India – Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Delhi – document and analyse the region’s major urban trends. A detailed focus on Mumbai brings its urban growth into perspective with global trends to reframe how one of India’s largest and most dynamic cities is understood.
Urbanisation and India
Deyan Sudjic
Amitabh Kundu
K.C. Sivaramakrishnan
Geetam Tiwari
Nicholas Stern
Saskia Sassen
Gerald Frug
Focus on Mumbai
S. Parasuraman
Darryl D'Monte
Suketu Mehta
Philipp Rode
Rahul Mehrotra