Spatial Embeddedness and Multi-scalar Production Networks: Urban Practice of Glass Bangle-making in Firozabad
- Economic and Political Weekly 2025
- 41-49
Firozabad city1 in Uttar Pradesh is a non-metropolitan, mono-industrial artisanal cluster2 associated with a single material glass,3 located just 40 km from Agra. Among other glass products, it is the “glass bangleâ€-making that has given this cluster a unique identity of a place where glass bangles are exclusively produced in India, catering to both the domestic markets and countries in South Asia.
Glass Bangle-Making Spatial Embeddedness Urban Practice Urban Affairs