The Urban Social Patterns of Navi Mumbai, India

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dc.contributor.authorAnanthakrishnan, Malathien
dc.contributor.committeechairBrowder, John O.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKnox, Paul L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberJacobson, Wendy R.en
dc.contributor.departmentUrban Affairs and Planningen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:51:14Zen
dc.date.adate1998-04-20en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:51:14Zen
dc.date.issued1998-04-06en
dc.date.rdate1999-04-20en
dc.date.sdate1998-04-06en
dc.description.abstractThis research thesis examines the emerging trends in urban social patterns in Navi Mumbai, India. Unlike the other planned cities of India, Navi Mumbai was specifically built as a planned decentralization of a large metropolitan city. The research focuses on explaining the urban social pattern of this particular case study. An urban social pattern reflects the social characteristics of the urban setting. In the case of Navi Mumbai, the government had a social agenda of promoting a social pattern based on socioeconomic distribution rather than an ethnic one. Analysis of the data provides an insight to the results of this social agenda, and provides a basis to frame new ones. Thus, the study not only addresses a basic research question, but also has policy implications. The research involves a comprehensive review of secondary source material to establish the theoretical framework for the research. The review also involves an extensive inspection of urban social patterns across the world to better contextualize this particular case study. The research puts forth a model that explains the social pattern of Navi Mumbai by social area analysis using variables, which are drawn from social aspects of any city and indigenous factors of Indian settlements. The model depends not only on statistical analysis but also on interpretation of local conditions. This research situates the emerging social pattern in geographic literature in developing countries. This research was supported in part, by a grant from the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Urban and Regional Planningen
dc.identifier.otheretd-32098-102210en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-32098-102210/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/36603en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartTHESIS.PDFen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subjecturban social patternen
dc.subjectNavi Mumbaien
dc.subjectBombayen
dc.subjecturban planning - Indiaen
dc.titleThe Urban Social Patterns of Navi Mumbai, Indiaen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineUrban Affairs and Planningen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Urban and Regional Planningen

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