Journal article
A happy confluence of planning and statistics: Bombay and Calcutta in the 1901 census
Abstract
In India in 1901, a rare statistical event occurred. A confluence of interests gave a group of nascent planners new influence over the conduct of a census, with the result being a rich body of published information for Bombay and Calcutta. Useful in its day, this material now offers exceptional insights into social conditions, and the concerns of planners, in two great colonial cities. Having sketched the confluence of interests, this research …
Authors
Harris R; Lewis R
Journal
Planning Perspectives, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 125–138
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
January 2013
DOI
10.1080/02665433.2012.737245
ISSN
0266-5433