Ruchi Varma, Program Manager-Urban Development, Community Systems Foundation
Jayati Narain, Research Associate, OpenCities Institute
Jayati Narain, Research Associate, OpenCities Institute
From Urban Imperative by Edward Glaeser & Abha Joshi-Ghani, cities can best be understood as a ‘triad of forces’. While commonly seen as physical entities, such as streets, buildings, and subways, and viewed from the lens of the public sector, which defines the borders of the city and has the responsibility for providing clean water and public safety, Glaeser and Joshi-Ghani note that cities have a third, equally important, element. That is, “the magic of human interaction.” [1]
