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Building Bangalore - Architecture and urban transformation in India's Silicon Valley (Hardcover)
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Building Bangalore - Architecture and urban transformation in India's Silicon Valley (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
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Examining spatial transformations in Bangalore, one of India's
fastest growing cities, this book highlights the influence of
information and communications technology (ICT) development on the
city. Focusing on the production of urban space and the processes
that inform such production, the author proposes that Silicon
Valley, California has become a globalized model for the production
of ICT urban development. The book presents a history of
Bangalore's urban development and the emergence of the ICT industry
there. Using this historical analysis and the geography of ICT
development, the author identifies several case study areas where
ICT development is transforming the built environment. Building on
this analysis, the author goes on to suggest that the development
in Bangalore over the last 20 years represents a type of
informational cascade, and that the case studies illustrate that
local information alters the course of ICT development and has the
potential to overturn this cascade. This in turn could lead to a
more sustainable urban future, one that profits from the city's
regional advantages. The transformations taking place in Bangalore
are occurring in many cities that are competing in the new
informational economy. This book makes an important contribution to
studies on South Asia as well as Architecture and Urban Studies.
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