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Thailand’s capital Bangkok was part of self-colonialism though it’s never been colonised. : “River View of Wat Arun in Bangkok” by Marco Verch is available at https://bit.ly/3FDpwEY CC by 2.0

Cities in South and Southeast Asia share many characteristics and can learn from each other’s history, development trajectories and experiences.

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Searching for an Asian alternative to the colonial city

Cities in South and Southeast Asia share many characteristics and can learn from each other’s history, development trajectories and experiences.

Calcutta police use tear gas bombs during an attempt to set fire to a Hindu temple in the 1948 riots. : Unknown photographer Public domain

Communal violence has led to clear territorial demarcation of space, access, and resources, marking the everyday experience of minority citizenship in Kolkata.

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How riots formed Kolkata’s ghettos

Communal violence has led to clear territorial demarcation of space, access, and resources, marking the everyday experience of minority citizenship in Kolkata.

Kolkata has spread so far from its original boundaries and chewed up so much surrounding land the only solution is high-rise. : Biswarup Ganguly CC3.0

Colonial planning was about attracting people to Kolkata, post-colonial planning is more about crisis management.

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Sprawling Kolkata’s tall order for a sustainable future

Colonial planning was about attracting people to Kolkata, post-colonial planning is more about crisis management.

Dhaka’s urban planning system is synonymous with a cumbersome bureaucracy, procedural inefficiency and lack of public accountability. : Pinu Rahman CC4.0

Depoliticised planning in Dhaka has meant a shift away from professional planners and public concerns.

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Town planners sidelined in Dhaka’s development

An artist’s impression of Indonesia’s new capital on Kalimantan. : “Visi Pemindahan Ibu Kota Negara” by Setneg RI is available at https://bit.ly/3VPpr8h Ministry of State Secretariate Republic of Indonesia in Twitter

Leaving behind the troubled capital city is not a new development in Indonesia’s history.

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Indonesia’s capital move mirrors the Dutch

Picking at the seams of mines becomes the only way to eke out a living for many people in the coal mining towns of West Bengal. : Nit1994 CC4.0

Unsafe and disaster-prone, extractive towns are still attractive to migrant workers.

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Black days ahead if coal city does not change

The logistical city is often located on the urban fringes and is not given to spectacular architecture. : Michael Kramer CC3.0

What makes cities work? It is not the historic monuments or grand architecture but something far more prosaic.

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Bland warehouses hide the heart of a city

Women are more likely to be employed as domestic workers in India where pay and job security are precarious. : Prayudi Hartono via Flickr CCBY2.0

Cities cannot function without domestic workers in India but their employment conditions remain precarious.

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Kolkata’s domestic workers left insecure

Over the last decade in South Africa, national and local governments have realised the importance of the informal economy as it offers significant job opportunities. : Steven dosRemedios (Flickr) CC BY-ND 2.0

The pros and cons of the informal economy and how migrant business spaces are initiated and expanded.

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How migrant entrepreneurs find their way in South Africa