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High Technology and Sociospatial Change in Bengaluru: A Mixed-Method Approach

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High technology is defined as a collection of activities such as information technology (IT), hardware, software and services, business process outsourcing, computer chips, telecommunications, data processing, and electronics industries. Large cities in India have experienced a process of urban growth based on the exploitation of agglomeration economies. This research explicates the social-spatial theme in a broader sense and identifies the resultant impact of high technology upon the changing geographic landscape of Bengaluru. To elucidate this theme, the following two questions are addressed in this chapter: (1) Have high-technology firms created social-spatial transformation within the various wards of Bengaluru? (2) What are the nature and characteristics of transformations with respect to income disparities, lifestyle-related attributes, gender, and family relationship of the various segments of population in the wards of Bengaluru? Quantitative and geographic information systems (GIS) are utilized for analyzing secondary data along with primary data collected through a structured questionnaire. This research concludes that the location of high-tech firms has increased the gap and has transformed the high-technology wards relative to non-high-technology wards socially, economically, and culturally. The high-technology firms do not locate in proximity to educational institutions within wards but rather co-locate where wards are characterized by high literacy, illiteracy, slum population, high-rise luxury apartments, shopping malls, poverty, and homelessness. Women’s employment in the high-technology sector has enhanced gender equality, and the traditional role of women in the family has been challenged. An example of a high-technology ward is Koramangala with the best residential locality, excellent educational institutions, and a cluster of slums.

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Kalra, R. (2016). High Technology and Sociospatial Change in Bengaluru: A Mixed-Method Approach. In: Dutt, A., Noble, A., Costa, F., Thakur, R., Thakur, S. (eds) Spatial Diversity and Dynamics in Resources and Urban Development. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9786-3_14

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