Small town, great expectations

• Verfasst von: Müller, Judith [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Dame, Juliane [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Small town, great expectations
• Titelzusatz: urbanization and beautification in Leh
• Verf.angabe: Judith Müller and Juliane Dame
• E-Jahr: 2016
• Jahr: 23 November 2016
• Umfang: 26 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 20.03.2017
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: South Asia multidisciplinary academic journal
• Ort Quelle: Paris : Assoc., 2007
• Jahr Quelle: 2016
• Band/Heft Quelle: 14(2016), Seite 1-26
• ISSN Quelle: 1960-6060
• DOI: doi:10.4000/samaj.4208
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: beautification
• Sach-SW: India
• Sach-SW: small towns
• Sach-SW: urban aesthetics
• Sach-SW: urban political ecology
• K10plus-PPN: 1555697224

Abstract

Urban modifications have considerably altered the appearance of Leh, a district capital in the Indian Transhimalaya, over the last few years. The beautification project in Leh is concentrated at and around the main bazaar and currently is the most visible and powerful instrument shaping the urban space. It is a subproject under the national “Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small & Medium Towns” (UIDSSMT, Ministry of Urban Development 2009) and started in December 2013. Constructio...