Ideas of India

Alain Bertaud on Order Without Design

Mar 2, 2023

01:34:47

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Is It a Distaste for Commercial Enterprise or Poor People?

03:13

The Local Authority Should Make a Better Use of the Public Space

03:15

Increasing FSI in India Is a Good Idea

02:53

Introduction

3min

Is India Planning the Goals of Cities?

2min

The Local Authority Should Make a Better Use of the Public Space

3min

How Should Indian Planners Restrict F. A. R.

5min

Water and Electricity

2min

Increasing FSI in India Is a Good Idea

3min

The Welfare Costs of Building Height Restrictions

4min

What Has Hyderabad Done Right?

2min

How to Prevent the Growth of the City

3min

10.

How to Avoid Future Slums?

6min

11.

Chandigarh: The Poster Child of City Planning

4min

12.

Is It a Distaste for Commercial Enterprise or Poor People?

3min

13.

What Is the Best Way to Modernize Society?

2min

14.

Is This a Good Policy Suggestion?

5min

15.

Is There a Vibratory Circle?

2min

16.

Urbanization in Africa

4min

17.

Is There a Silver Bullet to Migration?

3min

18.

Is There Anything Called Excess Capacity in Africa?

2min

19.

How to Demarcate Public and Private Land

3min

20.

Urban Planners - Is There a Difference?

1min

21.

African Charter Cities in Shenzhen

3min

22.

NATO Security Backing to 20 Charter Cities in Africa

2min

23.

Do You Think Charter Cities Can Succeed?

2min

24.

Is Addis More Urban Than Ethiopia?

3min

25.

South Africa

2min

26.

Is There a Way to Rebuild a New City?

3min

27.

Are We Going to Build a Mega Structure in Aleppo?

3min

28.

How Do You See Cities Post Pandemic?

3min

29.

What Do You Think the Cityscape Will Look Like in New York City?

3min

30.

Order Without Design

3min

31.

China Surprises Me Continually

4min

In this episode, Shruti speaks with Alain Bertaud about how Indian cities have evolved, utilities pricing, land use restrictions such as floor area ratio and floor space index, slums, charter cities, urbanization in Africa and much more. Bertaud is an urbanist, distinguished visiting scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and senior research scholar at New York University’s Marron Institute of Urban Management. From 1980 to 1999, he was the principal urban planner at the World Bank. His book about urban planning is titled “Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities.”

Recorded February 7th, 2023

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