THE SCALE OF THE URBAN DESIGN TASK

摘要

There are two issues that crop up throughout all of the fascinating and varied pieces by our eight contributors: the huge challenge to urban designers in India resulting from demographic and economic growth, and the source from which they may find their inspiration. Urban design courses exist in only eight of the 183 schools of architecture, as explained on p.25, and the Institute of Urban Design India (IUDI) formed in 2008 is making its presence felt advising city governments from three national centres. If urban design is to be at the heart of this colossal enterprise, colleagues in India are going to be fully stretched to be actively involved in all aspects of urban growth, and their numbers probably need to be increased by a factor often to have a real impact. Can urban design muster