CHANDIGARH MP LAUNCHES BOOK of essays ON 'crisis of URBANISATION'
New Delhi, March 18 -- Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari said on Tuesday that the challenge of urbanisation in India can only be combated through de-urbanisation and spreading infrastructure outside cities.
Launching "City Limits: The Crisis of Urbanisation", the latest anthology in Penguin's Rethinking India series, he said, "I say with great respect to urban planners and thinkers, we are really trying to solve a problem of the past and possibly not comprehending the problem of the future."
The book, which features essays by policy and urban development experts on the increased socioeconomic divide and decline in quality of life caused by unplanned urbanisation, was launched at Jawahar Bhawan in New Delhi.
The book launch also featured a panel d...
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