Planning as Practice? Governing Conjunctures and Informal Urbanisation in Solapur Town

By Lalitha Kamath, Pranjal Deekshit on May 31, 2014

Solapur is a town in Maharashtra with a vibrant industrial legacy, yet fraught with spatial and socio-economic divisions in the contemporary moment. It shows a pattern of largely informal development and the gradual emergence of a new industry and politics centred on land. This paper which throws light on the evolution and dynamics of urbanisation arising in Solapur, brings out the disconnects that cut across its industrial, spatial, political and social landscapes and reveals a town functioning at low levels of industrial dynamism and physical and social infrastructure, characterised by high levels of poverty.

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Kamath, Lalitha, and Deekshit, Pranjal. Planning as Practice? Governing Conjunctures and Informal Urbanisation in Solapur Town. , , . , 2014. Kamath, L., and Deekshit, P. (2014). Planning as Practice? Governing Conjunctures and Informal Urbanisation in Solapur Town. , , . Kamath, Lalitha, and Deekshit, Pranjal. "Planning as Practice? Governing Conjunctures and Informal Urbanisation in Solapur Town." 2014, .Kamath Lalitha, and Deekshit Pranjal. "Planning as Practice? Governing Conjunctures and Informal Urbanisation in Solapur Town." (2014). Kamath, L, and Deekshit, P 2014, 'Planning as Practice? Governing Conjunctures and Informal Urbanisation in Solapur Town', , , . Lalitha Kamath, and Pranjal Deekshit, 'Planning as Practice? Governing Conjunctures and Informal Urbanisation in Solapur Town' (2014). Kamath L., and Deekshit P. Planning as Practice? Governing Conjunctures and Informal Urbanisation in Solapur Town. . 2014. Kamath, Lalitha, and Deekshit, Pranjal. Planning as Practice? Governing Conjunctures and Informal Urbanisation in Solapur Town. . 2014. , .

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