2024-11-05T16:20:52-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/123737452/great-city-terrible-place-a-discussion-on-the-urban-future-of-india Laura Amaya 2015-03-27T14:00:00-04:00 >2015-04-05T00:03:24-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/h0/h0tbr4az01wi6c38.JPG?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>India is currently the second most populated country in the world, closely following China, at 1.25 billion people. Around 30 percent of its inhabitants, roughly the population of the entire United States, live in urban areas that continue to grow. The astonishing numbers are proof of the country&rsquo;s demographic explosion, and make Indian cities a fascinating combination of chaos and vitality rarely found elsewhere. Great City&hellip;Terrible Place, this year&rsquo;s Z-AXIS symposium curated by the Charles Correa Foundation in Goa, explored the complex forces shaping global cities in an effort to understand the dynamism of India&rsquo;s ever-changing urban centers. Held over three days at Kala Academy, one of Correa&rsquo;s masterworks, the conference brought together speakers from different corners of the world to share their views with an audience eager to take an active role in India&rsquo;s urban transformation.</p><p>The conference&rsquo;s moderator, Pratyush Shankar, described cities as places of will, where people forge ...</p>