Castán Broto, V., Sudhira, H.S. and Unnikrishnan, H. (2021) WALK THE PIPELINE: Urban infrastructure landscapes in Bengaluru's long twentieth century. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 45 (4). pp. 696-715. ISSN 0309-1317
Abstract
Walking reveals how urban infrastructure lends identity to the urban landscape. This article focuses on the oldest water pipeline in the city of Bengaluru, India. A series of vignettes trace the linear trajectory of the walk both in terms of the spatial orientation of the pipeline, and its trajectory through time. Through space, the pipeline connects the centre of the city with its suburbs, tracking differential and sometimes invisible patterns of urbanization that follow the city's sprawl. Through time, the pipeline connects water narratives, from nostalgic notions of precolonial management to the contemporary construction of scarcity. The use of walking as a methodological tool draws attention to the subsumed and often invisible experiences of inequity in various parts of the city. The pipeline is a maker of urban stories alongside routine practices and larger strategic projects of urban development. While the pipeline enables the provision of water, the neighbourhoods it passes through are sometimes excluded from the service it provides. Strategic projects have attempted to control water resources following different ways of imagining the city. Still, such urban imaginations coexist with a more extensive set of everyday practices that engage with the pipeline in the urban landscape.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 The Authors. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd Under License by Urban Research Publications Limited. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Bengaluru; pipeline; urban infrastructure landscapes; walking |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Sheffield Urban Institute |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Economic and Social Research Council ES/K001361/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 09 Mar 2021 10:05 |
Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2022 15:52 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/1468-2427.12985 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:171097 |