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Urbanizing the Future : A New City Project in Agrarian South India - Carol Upadhya

Urbanizing the Future

A New City Project in Agrarian South India

By: Carol Upadhya

Hardcover | 15 May 2026

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Amaravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh, exemplifies Indiaâs policy thrust on urbanization. Tracing the rise, abandonment and revival of Amaravati, Urbanizing the Future delves into the ambitious plan to build a brand-new city in an agrarian landscape. The book unpacks the entanglements of caste, capital, and state power in shaping development through a regional lens. Urbanizing the Future highlights the disruptions and conflicts engendered by mega-projects as agricultural land is converted into urban real estate. Combining political economy and history with long-term ethnographic fieldwork, the Amaravati story offers a compelling critique of planned urbanization as a contested and uneven process in contemporary India.

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