About the Book: Futuristic Geography
By way of capturing the emerging scenario of the periphery zone of the planned
city of Chandigarh, the book fills a gap in literature produced in the spirit of
futuristic geography. at the center of the whole exercise is the testing of the
efficacy of the Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control Act, which was legislated
to retain the overwhelmingly rural character of the tract up to 16 kilometers
from the city's project site. the Act stands violated and periphery is now five
times more urbanized than what it was at the time of delineation. the
vulnerability of the periphery vis-a-vis the dynamism