Ecologies of urbanism in India :: metropolitan civility and sustainability /

This book seeks to understand how rapidly proliferating and resource-intensive urbanism affects everyday lived environments and the ecological processes that undergird them in Indian cities. Case studies on nature conservation in the city, urban housing and slum development, waste management, the hi...

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Weitere Verfasser: Sivaramakrishnan, K., 1957- (HerausgeberIn), Rademacher, Anne (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press, [2013]
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Zusammenfassung:This book seeks to understand how rapidly proliferating and resource-intensive urbanism affects everyday lived environments and the ecological processes that undergird them in Indian cities. Case studies on nature conservation in the city, urban housing and slum development, waste management, the history and practice of urban planning, and contestations over the quality of air, water, and sanitation in the major cities of Delhi and Mumbai, illuminate the urban ecology perspective at different points across the twentieth century. The book therefore explores how struggles over the environment and quality of life in urban centers are increasingly framed in terms of their future place in a landscape of global sustainability, and the future relationship between cities and their changing hinterlands. It brings both historical particularity and ethnographic nuance to the questions of urban ecology in Indian cities, offering novel insights into some of the most vital theoretical and practical debates on urbanism and sustainability.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xviii, 286 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789882208483
9882208487
9888180711
9789888180714

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