Author: Joshi Pankaj, Mathew Isaac, Ian Nazareth, Rahul Mehrotra
Place: Mumbai
Publisher: Urban Design Research Institute
Year: 2008
Pages: 405
ISBN: 81-901974-3-6
Source: Urban Design Research Institute
Subject: Urbanisation
Sub-Subject: Urban Development
Keyword: Urban Issue
Classification: 711.4
Shelf: C10R2
Accession No: B644
Contents: Introduction Letter to the Chief Minister How Big is Too Big Mumbai? The Highrise Hang-up Developing Land and Real Estate Markets Pirating Utopia: Mumbai at the End of the Planning Era UDRI Section MUTP- MUIP SEZ Audit Public Open Spaces in Mumbai Twin City Navi Mumbai Thirty Years Later Cloudspotting at Mahalaxmi The Lost Century Mill Land Public Interest Litigation Greedy Against the Greens the Legal Battle Simple Pleasures Blitz’s Bombay No Man’s Land Housing Mumbai’s Poor Urban Layouts, Denities and the Quality of Urban Life Sealing Dharavi’s Fate Dharavi 2025 Two (and a few other) Bombay Churches There’s Nothing August 26/7 and it’s Aftermath Article in the Hindustan Times Urban Geographies-Mapping Personal Histories Mumbai as a World Class City Ritual Pollution: Public Toilets and Questions of Citizenship Q2P The Impending Traffic and Environment Chaos The Metropolis and the Sleeper Under the Over Life Below Mumbai’s Longest Flyover Urban Clutter Signages Vs Hoarding Rethinking Heritage Waiting for Salt to Turn Gold Planning, Describing & Imagining the Seaside Edge of Mumbai Mumbai’s Sea Change The Mission of Humane Architecture and Habitat Remaking Mumbai UDRI Public Events
Abstract: *Mumbai Reader 07* is a multidisciplinary collection that examines Mumbai’s shifting social, spatial, and political landscape. Through essays, reports, and visual studies, it explores urban growth, infrastructure, housing inequity, environmental risks, heritage, and everyday life. Key debates include mill land conflicts, shrinking green spaces, Dharavi’s redevelopment, public open-space audits, and the impact of events like the 26/7 floods. The volume highlights lived experiences—from flyovers to urban clutter—while situating contemporary issues within historical and cultural contexts. Bringing together diverse voices, it critiques “world-class city” ambitions and advocates for humane, inclusive, and sustainable approaches to Mumbai’s future.