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1 online resource |
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Studies in International Planning History |
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Studies in international planning history.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Table of Contents; List of Special Maps that accompany the Report; List of Illustrations; List of the most important Exhibits that accompany the Report; Preface; Section I. General.; Chapter I. Introductory.-The objective of the Trust.-The purose of this Report.-Reference to Part I. of this Report.; Chapter II. The Calcutta of to-day.-Short description of Calcutta.-The chief evils and the required improvements |
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Chapter III. General Principles.-General Principles that direct city improvement and extension work. The best Current Opinions. Chapter IV. Comparisons.-To gain correct and correct scale of Calcutta needs, comparison is requisite with other cities.-Calcutta citizens who are not conscious of the gravity of the situation, etc.; Chapter V. Calcutta Compared with Other Cities.-Her status as regards finance, roads and streets per square mile, road and street widths, percentage of open space, tramway mileage per head of population, statue as a port.; Section II. City Main Roads |
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Chapter VI. Preliminary.-Preliminary notes on Section IIChapter VII Calcutta Traffic Problems.-Units.-Traffic desires of Calcutta.-The Main Focus.-Traffic increase.-Special traffic.-Congested routes, etc.-Summary of natural of traffic.-desires.; Chapter VIII. Problems of Old and New Intra-City Main Roads.-The Chief difficulty.-Main points in evolving a new internal road-scheme for Calcutta-position of Howrah Bridge.-Description of New Main Roads and Widenings, etc.; Section III. Schemes & Estimates for Intra-City Main Roads |
| Summary |
"By 1900 the British had undertaken various types of urban planning in their colonial territories, but the early twentieth century brought new ideas and the birth of the modern planning movement. In India these new planning ideas inspired several specialized reports after 1900, most of which drew explicitly on British, or occasionally German, ideas. The most complete of these studies was the Richards Report on Calcutta, prepared for the Calcutta Improvement Trust and published in 1914. Its major concerns included the building and widening of roads, slum clearance and improvement, legislation, and suburban planning. As background, it included written and visual documentation of living conditions, through charts, photographs, and maps. Richards emphasized that conditions in Calcutta differed greatly from those in urban Britain, and made some allowance in that regard. In general, however, his report exemplifies the attempt by British planners, along with Indian elites, to impose their vision on colonial cities. Richards' report was well-received by leading British planners of the day. A notice in Garden Cities and Town Planning claimed that it was "the most complete report on town conditions and possibilities which has yet been issued". While the immediate impact of the report in Calcutta is moot - Richards was highly critical of the past practices of local officials, and his views were unpopular with his superiors - the Richards Reports remains a crucial insight into both the development of modern town planning and the colonial period in India."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
City planning -- India -- Kolkata -- History -- 20th century
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ARCHITECTURE -- Urban & Land Use Planning.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
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City planning.
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India -- Kolkata.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317617006 |
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1317617002 |
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9781315752051 |
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1315752050 |
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