Ayona Datta
New urban utopias of postcolonial India
University of Leeds
smart cities arguably new urban utopias 21st century integrating urban digital planning smart cities marketed across world solutions challenges urbanization sustainable development india particular move towards building 100 new smart cities future order spur economic growth urbanization using case dholera first indian smart city examine global models smart cities provincialized regional state gujarat local histories politics laws first argue dholera smart city part longer genealogy utopian urban planning emerged response challenges development modernity postindependent india second dholera highlights shift towards entrepreneurial urbanization regional state interested scaling gujarat model development emulation scale nation finally dholera speed relative term across scales manifestation global local short bursts speed conceptualization investment matched significant bottlenecks via local protests article concludes dholeras fault lines built utopian imaginings prioritizes urbanization business model rather model social justice