Amaravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh, exemplifies India's policy thrust on urbanization. Tracing the rise, abandonment and revival of Amaravati, Urbanizing the Future delves into the ambitious plan to build a brand-new city in an agrarian landscape. The book unpacks the entanglements of caste, capital, and state power in shaping development through a regional lens. Urbanizing the Future highlights the disruptions and conflicts engendered by mega-projects as agricultural land is converted into urban real estate. Combining political economy and history with long-term ethnographic fieldwork, the Amaravati story offers a compelling critique of planned urbanization as a contested and uneven process in contemporary India.
| ISBN: | 9781836954736 |
| Publication date: | 1st May 2026 |
| Author: | Carol Upadhya |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 290 pages |
| Series: | Dislocations |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural anthropology Urban communities Development studies |
Amaravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh, exemplifies India's policy thrust on urbanization. Tracing the rise, abandonment and revival of Amaravati, Urbanizing the Future delves into the ambitious plan to build a brand-new city in an agrarian landscape.
Urbanizing the Future features in the following genres: Social and cultural anthropology, Urban communities, Development studies
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Urbanizing the Future was written by Carol Upadhya and published by Berghahn Books
Urbanizing the Future has 290 pages
Yes it is part of Dislocations series
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