A Voyage to India: Reflections on an Intriguing Territory
During the first ten days of Feb 2020, I had the pleasure of representing ISOCARP in several activities in colorful India. In addition to such crucial commitments, I used the trip to promote the coming ISOCARP Congress which would be held in Doha in the period from 8-12 November 2020. During my captivating trip, I have visited number of cities, projects, markets, temples and lectured at three universities, Noida, Sharda and Xavier universities respectively. The first two are in-greater Noida, an urban satellite development of New Delhi. The area was planned using the principles of Knowledge-based Urban Development. The third lecture was at Bhubaneswar city. My lectures shed light on contemporary issues in urban design and planning including the post-oil paradigm and planning cities for people. A comparative analysis between Gulf cities including Doha, Dubai and Abu Dhabi was presented to interrogate the main transformations in the urbanity of such territories within the context of the Middle East. I also delivered the keynote speech at the Annual Research on Cities Summit (ARCS 4). The lecture titled: Beyond Oil: From Barrel to People Deconstructing Qatar’s Architecture & Urbanity in Post Carbon Paradigm.
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