City, Space and Politics in the Global South

Herausgeber: Choudhary, Bikramaditya K.; Das, Diganta; Singh, Arun K.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The volume is divided into three parts (Concept of a City, City &Urban Space and Urban Policy, Planning & Governance) each of them focusing on a different dimension of contemporary urban challenges in Global South. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in South Asia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 466
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 713g
• ISBN-13: 9780367499679
• ISBN-10: 0367499673
• Artikelnr.: 59424077

Autorenporträt

Bikramaditya K. Choudhary is Assistant Professor at Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Arun K. Singh is Professor of Geography at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Diganta Das is Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: THE CONCEPT OF A CITY 1. Cities, Space and Development in India 2.
Political Economy vs. Political Ecology of Urbanization in Asia 3.
'Global'-izing Indian Cities: A Spatial Epistemological Critique 4.
Financial Decentralization and Local Governance in Urban India: An
Inter-State and Metropolitan Districts Analysis 5. Urban Space and
Environmental Urges PART II: CITY AND URBAN SPACE 6. A Century of
Urbanization in the Mineral Belt of India: Phases of Continuity and Change
(1901-2011) 7. Process and Pattern of Urbanization in Jharkhand 8. Impact
of Peri-Urbanization and Its Policy Implications: A Case Study of
Varanasi's Peri-Urban Interface 9. Reconfiguring Urban Space: Loss of Green
Space in Varanasi 10. Urban Poverty Revisited: An Enquiry into KUSP
Initiative in West Bengal 11. Nutritional Status and Tuberculosis Disease
in the City of Varanasi, UP: A Perspective on Urban Health Ecology PART
III: URBAN POLICY, PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE 12. Capacity Development for
Effective Urban Governance and Service Delivery Quest for Precepts,
Realities and Realization 13. India's Urban Development Policy: Retrospect
and Prospect 14. Challenges of Climate Change in the City of Jamnagar:
Perceptions and Adaptations 15. Advocacy to Urban Governance: The Aam Aadmi
Narrative in Delhi 16. Urban Development: Challenges and Prospect in Madhya
Pradesh 17. Community Participation Law: Policy vs. Practice, The Case of
Bhopal