Challenges of urban informality in Indian smart cities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13007707 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tathagata Chatterji (0000-0002-5660-6445, SRM University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 403-406 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogues in Human Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2043-8206 • E-ISSN: 2043-8214 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/20438206231217564 |
| OpenAlex | W4389092422 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 9 |
India's smart cities initiative signals a clear turn towards the corporatisation of urban governance by entrusting planning responsibilities to special purpose vehicles (SPV) constituted as public sector companies in place of elected municipal governments. This commentary argues that the depoliticised approach of the SPV-driven smart city plans could be detrimental to the informal economy in the long run. Municipal politics has been a useful platform for the urban poor to negotiate their claims over the city, as there is a clientelistic relationship between urban informality and political actors. The scope for such negotiations has considerably shrunk in smart cities, with elite coalition bureaucrats and technocrats steering planning decisions
Business · Corporate governance · Elite · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Scope (computer science · Smart city · Sociology · Technocracy · Urban planning · Urban politics · COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Law · Public Administration · Smart Cities and Technologies
A Right to the Indian City? Legal and Political Claims over Housing and Urban Space in India
Worlding Cities
Smart city planning and the challenges of informality in India
The digitalising state
The Micro-Politics of Urban Transformation in the Context of Globalisation
Smart and disruptive infrastructures
Modes of Governance and Local Economic Development
Smartmentality
| Citations per year | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |