Hello, my fellow urban planners. I am working on diversifying/decolonizing my urban planning library. I'm specifically interested in Asian & African planning scholars who conduct research in Asia/Africa. Who do you consider are must-know planning scholars from this region?
Thank you!
I don't know how to define must-know, but here are few scholars that I follow for my work.
Vanessa Watson, South Africa
Aromar Revi, India
Charles Correa(architect and planner), India
Tania Li, Singapore
Darshini Mahadevia, India
Renu Desai, India
Sorry, if its too skewed due to many Indian scholars!
While not a focus area of mine, Mark Swilling's work has been held in high praise by previous colleagues and should provide some African context.
I think you need to distinguish between those based in Asia or Africa and those based in the West (developed countries). They may work on the same topics, but the former mostly publish in native-language journals while the latter mainly publish in English journals.
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