Learning from successes and failures

A study tour to Mumbai

Urban Indian population is currently at 300 million and is expected to cross 600 million in the next two decades. India is among the last large rural nations of the world. There is a huge opportunity to leapfrog into a society that is environmentally and socially sustainable, especially by learning from the successes and failures of the more urbanized parts of the world.

This is at the crux of the agenda of a week-long immersion/ study tour to Mumbai which is aimed at a ’senior’ International architects, urbanism practitioners and other infrastructure professionals. The immersion tour will start on 2th December and is designed to create opportunities for exchange on innovation in a wide spectrum of issues in the arena of architecture, built environment, planning, city building, real estate and infrastructure development.

The objective of the program is to create ways for participants to better understand the opportunities and challenges in India’s growing infrastructure and real estate sector; understanding the appropriate legal and regulatory frameworks; meeting potential partners; fostering new business connections and collaboration; and advocacy of innovative practices that can enable inclusive & sustainable urbanization. Our itinerary will feature five days of extensive, and intimate, meetings in Mumbai with leaders from India along with study tours, a conference and a charrette.

For more information visit: http://theurbanvision.com