City development is a science. Building roads, bridges, offices, educational institutions, and other related structures and then placing these in a larger scheme of things, is a fine discipline. Similarly, putting in place amenities requires subject-specific knowledge and professional exposure to practice. But all this apart, city building is an art.

It is a fine art of understanding space, the people who live and have lived in that space over centuries. It needs a fine grasp of the cultural personality of the........

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