Understanding Urbanisation in Northeast India

Issues and Challenges
Herausgeber: Singh, M Amarjeet; Singha, Komol

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume explores the dynamics of urbanisation in Northeast India. It discusses the impact of the process of urbanisation on the environment, infrastructure and socio-economic conditions of the region. It will be indispensable to researchers of urban studies, human geography, development economics, and South Asian studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781032236711
• ISBN-10: 103223671X
• Artikelnr.: 62951501

Autorenporträt

M. Amarjeet Singh is Professor at the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, where he teaches courses on conflict, migration and politics. He has previously worked at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, India, and the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. Komol Singha is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Sikkim University, Gangtok, India, where he teaches development economics. His research broadly covers development economics, institutional economics and the social sector. Prior to this, he was with the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru, India.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Urbanisation, Institution and Economy 1. Frontier Urbanism:
Settlement Evolution and Transformation along the Kalimpong-Lhasa
Trans-Frontier Trade Route 2. Urban Congestion: An Empirical Story from
Northeast India 3. Urbanisation in India's Northeastern Region: Connecting
Theory with Empirical Data 4. Smart Cities in Northeast India: Challenges
and Opportunities 5. Urbanisation, Shift in Architectural Idiom and
Environmental Impact: A Study of Vernacular Architecture of Assam 6.
Supply-Side Factors in Determining Urbanisation in Assam: A District-Level
Analysis 7. Dynamics of Urbanisation in Manipur: Trends, Patterns and
Policy Consideration 8. Urbanisation and Social Life in an Urban Setting: A
Sociological Analysis of Shillong 9. Street Vending in the Urban Informal
Sector: A Study in Silchar Town in Northeast India Part II: Urbanisation,
Water Resources and Solid Waste Management 10. Efficiency of Water Pricing:
A Case Study of Guwahati City, India 11. Local Institutions, Urban Water
Governance and Future Challenges: A Case Study of Shillong 12. Some Aspects
of Urban Water Management in Darjeeling, Himalaya: A Study of Darjeeling
Town 13. Impact of Urbanisation on the Himalayan Surface Water Quality: A
Study of Sikkim 14. Urbanisation and Solid Waste Management: A Study of
Itanagar Municipality Area