International competition for the best paper about planning practices in India
Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT
International competition for the best paper about planning practices in India
MIT and the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), Chennai are jointly organizing an international competition for the best research paper on innovative responses to India’s urban challenges. The competition, titled Hidden Successes, seeks to highlight usually overlooked cases of innovation and success in response to rapid urbanization.
/Hidden Successes/ is an opportunity for scholars and practitioners to reflect on innovative financial and institutional arrangements that have allowed some Indian cities to cope with rapid expansion and population growth. Much of the published literature on India’s urbanization focuses on the many constraints faced by local authorities and the central government. In contrast, this competition seeks to discover where urban areas have succeeded, for example, in delivering infrastructure and essential services, in spite of constraints. The competition anticipates that the crafting and implementation of new approaches to planning will require planners who are not confined by orthodox theories and ideological biases. The cultivation of such a new heterodox mindset requires new teaching material for professional education, which is the ultimate purpose of this competition.
The deadlines for the competition are 15th October 2007 (for Abstract Submission) and 1st December 2007 (for the Final Paper). Details about the competition and submission guidelines can be found on the competition website: http://hidden-successes.mit.edu
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