Smart city place-based outcomes in India:: bubble urbanism and socio-spatial fragmentation

• Deepti Prasad ^[1] ; Tooran Alizadeh ^[1] ; Robyn Dowling ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Sydney

     University of Sydney

     Australia

     
• Localización: Journal of urban design, ISSN 1357-4809, ISSN-e 1469-9664, Nº. 27, 4, 2022, págs. 483-503
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Despite the bourgeoning of smart city initiatives across the Global South, their implementation and place-based outcomes remain understudied. This paper presents empirical studies in three Indian cities of Bhubaneswar, Pune and Chennai; three of the first 20 smart cities prioritized for implementation in the Smart Cities Mission. It investigates the place-based outcomes utilized to create smart cities under three categories of mega-, placemaking, and lighthouse projects. The results show varying levels of urban interventions contributing to ‘bubble urbanism’ – a fragmented combination of large-scale mega-projects and small-scale revitalization projects – with complex socio-spatial implications for smart city development in India.