How to make and keep friends? exploring the field, movement, and discipline of urban planning in contemporary India
- Vol.19(2), Apr-June
- New Delhi Institute of Town Planners 2022
- 62-71p.
Authorities currently prioritize urban planning in contemporary India due to a variety of factors including public demands for a better quality of city life. The state support is also evident in diverse ways, such as the establishment of new education institutes and generously funded urban development policies and programs. Such a shift was unthinkable just a few years ago. Leveraging the nationwide foundation laid down diligently by the ITPI, Indian planners can make new friends to grow the field, movement, and discipline of planning further.