21st Century (2000–present)

Delhi MPD-2041

2021 · India · South Asia · Regional & polycentric planning · Planned by DDA
Rendering of the Delhi MPD-2041 draft land-use plan, with colour-coded zones (residential, commercial, green belt, land-pooling areas, etc.) extracted from the official DDA draft land-use PDF. Shows t
Rendering of the Delhi MPD-2041 draft land-use plan, with colour-coded zones (residential, commercial, green belt, land-pooling areas, etc.) extracted from the official DDA draft land-use PDF. Shows t · copyrighted

Core idea

Transit-oriented, green-blue revival

Why it matters

Next-gen framework for India’s capital

Description

Delhi's Master Plan 2041 sets the long-range framework for India's capital territory, addressing housing, pollution, transit-oriented development, land pooling, the night economy, and environmental stress for a metropolis of tens of millions.

Significance

Delhi MPD-2041 is one of the largest metropolitan plans in the world by population governed, a high-stakes test of whether comprehensive master planning can cope with the scale, informality, and environmental pressures of a Global South megacity.

What shaped it

Sources

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