Discerning institutional and spatial restructuring under emergent neoliberal projects in India |
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| Institution: | 1. Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Weberplatz 1, 01217, Dresden, Germany;2. Technische Universität Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics, Helmholtzstr. 10, 01062, Dresden, Germany;1. Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom;2. University of Washington, United States;3. Florida International University, United States;1. Department of Culture and History, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Via Guerrazzi 20, 40125, Bologna, Italy;2. Department of Geography and Planning, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia;3. Department of Geography & Planning, Women and Gender Studies Institute, University of Toronto, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street, Room 5047, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada |
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| Abstract: | The policy of economic liberalization pursued by the Indian government since the 1990s in response to an economic slowdown has led to the creative destruction of institutional space and the built environment. India launched the Smart Cities Mission and the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor to enhance infrastructure delivery and employment opportunities. Focusing on these cases and using direct observation and in-depth personal interviews, this paper explores the role of emergent neoliberal projects in the country's institutional and spatial restructuring at different scales. The aim is to make a twofold contribution to urban research: first, to contribute to the discourse on neoliberalism by identifying institutional and spatial restructuring in India based on the concept of creative destruction; and second, by validating the significance of strong state and political willingness in distributing neoliberal benefits such as affordable housing and services to the poor. The paper argues for a stronger role of the state in creating equity in the urban development process and infrastructure delivery. |
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| Keywords: | India Neoliberalism Creative destruction Restructuring Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor Smart cities |
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