Public space and citizenship in Mumbai
Land’s End and the Bandra Bandstand promenade
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12580331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tanu Sankalia (0009-0008-4376-4613, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 306-326 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | City (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-4813 • E-ISSN: 1470-3629 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13604813.2019.1647707 |
| OpenAlex | W2964393930 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 36 |
Over the last few decades in Mumbai, incessant urbanization stimulated by flows of property capital has pushed government to privilege private development over public space. In this neoliberal context, citizens’ groups have pressured government to act in the public interest and led the charge to conserve public spaces in the city. This article examines the relationship between citizenship and city building in Mumbai by presenting two case studies of citizen action: the struggle over Land’s End and the making of the Bandra Bandstand promenade. It critically engages the expansive and divergent literature about the politics of the middle class in urban India and resists the tendency of characterizing this group as merely consumerist and anti-poor. The article argues that the roots of middle class involvement in Mumbai’s urban transformation goes back to the 1970s and beyond and posits that the politics and activism of numerous citizens’ groups builds on historical struggles for environmental and social justice in the city
Capital (architecture · Citizenship · Context (archaeology · Economic growth · Economics · Expansive · Geography · Government (linguistics · Middle class · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Privilege (computing · Public space · Right to the city · Sociology · Urbanization · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Public Administration · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban Planning and Governance
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |