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Rethinking Everyday Public Spaces: Mapping the Informal Markets in Mumbai

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2017, MCP, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Community Planning.
All cities have some form of informal spaces within them and these spaces grow along with the city. This growth in informal spaces is perceived as disorganized and chaotic. The traditional role of city planners is to eliminate or curtail this disorganization. In an attempt to organize the growing city structure, planners are still looking at conventional approaches, and, as a result, they end up designing static spaces. But these disorganized structure, when looked closely, are self-organizing system. The planners need to understand the self-organization of informal spaces and need to take it into account while designing them. The best way to address these informal spaces is to evaluate the conventional approach taken by the authorities. The research looks at the case of Mumbai’s informal markets as an example of complex systems, these complex systems are interdependent on each other for their smooth functioning. Two cases of informal railway markets and a market built by the authority to replace the informal markets were selected for this study. The markets were studied during a field visit, and were analyzed and compared to understand their pattern and how they work as system. Issues of congestion, messy image, safety, and security were studied to understand the problems of the informal markets. The solutions proposed by authorities and counter proposals were then evaluated to arrive at a more effective solution for the markets.
Vikas Mehta, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Christopher Auffrey, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
134 p.

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  • Kadoo, G. R. (2017). Rethinking Everyday Public Spaces: Mapping the Informal Markets in Mumbai [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin149130613773454

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kadoo, Gargi. Rethinking Everyday Public Spaces: Mapping the Informal Markets in Mumbai. 2017. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin149130613773454.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kadoo, Gargi. "Rethinking Everyday Public Spaces: Mapping the Informal Markets in Mumbai." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin149130613773454

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)