Mumbai Reader 2020 - 21

Paul Fernandes: Mumbai – Unforgettable City by the Sea p.08, Sameera Khan: A field all to herself p.10, Shirish B Patel Like air and water, land is for everyone p.16, Aaran Patel: Gamdevi: Lessons from Mumbai’s past that could help it create a better future p.24, Suryasarathi Bhattacharya: Esplanade Mansion: as 155 year old Mumbai landmark faces its past, present and future p.40, Ratoola Kundu, Aradhana Paralikar, Anushyama Mukherjee: Reimagining Kamathipura: Creating value for waste p.56, Aneerudha Paul, George Jecob: Landscapes of Resistance: Ecology and Economy in the VVSR p.78, Rohan Chakravarty Mumbai ‘s Bio Diversity Map p.110, Johan Kurien: In a post Covid world, lessons in living must come from the ocean p.118, Radhika Raj and Sarang Naik Hiding in Plain Sight: Mumbai’s Tide Pools and the City Beyond the Shore p.130, Neena Nehru: Close Encounters – A beggars Opera 9 or Bandra to Grant Road, by the Suburban line – an opera in 8acts) p.150, Vishal Ramprasad, Sanket Mondkar: Riding the Suburban Phenomenon: A study of auto rickshaws in Mumbai p.168, Himanshu Burte: To help cities rebound from covid-19, India must rediscover the social ballet of the streets p.190, Ajit Ranade: Money and Economy: Cities, both paradise and hell for migrants and the Constitution p.208, Datta Iswalkar, Shweta Damle: Mumbai, workers and the two pandemics p.214, Kalpana Sharma: The city we saw, the city we want p.222, Armida Fernandez: Healthcare in Mumbai beyond Covid-19 p.228, Shailesh Gandhi: The New Normal p.236, Shailesh Gaikwad: How Covid-19 pandemic is likely to change / impact the way we work in Mumbai p.242, Bimal Patel: Improving Indian Urban Planning p.248, Vidyadhar Phatak: City Planner’s Challenges in Post Covid Era p.256, Smruti Koppikar: Pandemic forced a pause; let’s reimagine cities to make them more equitable and inclusive p.264, Ravindra Punde: A Case for Reimagining Urban Environments p.272, Prem Chandravarkar: Seeing the Invisible City: Thoughts on a Post Covid Indian Urbanism p.280, Vidyadhar Date: Learning from Covid. Making the City more democratic and people friendly p.288, Tanushree Venkataraman: Covid-19 forces us to rethink how we decongest Mumbai p.298, Ashok Datar: Post Covid action plan for Mumbai p.306, UDRI Projects and Events p.320, Judgments, Acts, Amendments: The Right to Information (Amendment) Act, 2019 (No. 24 of 2019), Maharashtra Housing and Area Development (Amedment) Bill, 2020 (L.A. Bill No. XLI of 2020) p.370, Afterword p.380, Glossary p.380, Abbreviations and Units p.384, Contributors p.386