Sustainable Urbanism in Developing Countries (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Chatterjee, Uday; Mahata, Dinabandhu; Mukherjee, Jenia; Biswas, Arindam

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Produktbeschreibung

Discusses the linkage between urbanism and sustainability, and how sustainable urbanism can be implemented to overcome the problems of housing and living conditions in urban areas. Through several case studies and GIS techniques, it analyses planning and design criteria to solve physical, social, and economic problems in developing countries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 465
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000572377
• Artikelnr.: 63776066

Autorenporträt

Dr. Uday Chatterjee is an Assistant Professor in the Geography Department at Bhatter College, Dantan, India. He received his PhD from the Ravenshaw University, Odisha, India. His research papers have been published in various national and international journals. He has authored and co-authored several chapters for edited book volumes and has co-edited the book 'Harmony with Nature: Illusions and Elusions from Geographer's Perspective in the 21st Century' published in 2018 by Bhatter College Publications. His areas of research are urban planning, social environmental and human geography, and applied geomorphology. His research work has been funded by the WBPCB, Government of West Bengal, India. He has served as a reviewer for many international journals and he is a Life Member of eight academic societies. In 2017 directed the Faculty Development Program sponsored by ICSSR, Government of India. Dr. Arindam Biswas is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture and Planning, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India. He has a PhD in Urban Planning from the University of Tokyo. He is recipient of ASEM Duo-India Fellowship, DAAD Fellowship (Government of Germany) and MEXT Scholarship (Government of Japan). He is presently pursuing researches sponsored by different research foundations of Government of India like Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate. He has published two editorial books and contributed in two book chapters. He has also extensively published research articles on urban infrastructure, inclusive growth, resilience, housing and informality, innovation and regional development. Dr Jenia Mukherjee is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Her research interest spans across urban studies and environmental history. She received the Australian Leadership Awards Fellowship in 2010 and 2015. She completed her book project: Blue infrastructures: Natural Ecology, Political History and Urban Development in Kolkata (Singapore: Springer Nature, 2020), and has contributed several book chapters in edited volumes. She also has widely published in peer-reviewed impact factor journals including Environment and Planning E, International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, Urban Research and Practice, etc. She is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board: Routledge Equity, Justice and the Sustainable City series. Dinabandhu Mahata is a Researcher at the Department of Geography, Central University of Tamil Nadu and former research officer at the Department of Development Studies in International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India. He is the recipient of the Government of India Fellowship during the study of Master of Population Studies (MPS) and Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) at the Department of Development Studies in IIPS, Mumbai, India. His work mainly focuses on urban geography, and its link with the environment. He has written journal articles and book chapters. He received a research grant from the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) for International Population Conference in Cape Town, South Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Local, Regional and Global Perspectives on Sustainable Urbanism 1.
Alternative Rehabilitation Program against Agricultural Land Acquisition
for New Development Project: A Case Study of New Town, Kolkata, West
Bengal, India 2. Contextualizing Urban Sustainability: Limitations,
Tensions in Indian Sustainable-Smart Urbanism Perceived through
Intranational, International Comparisons and District City Ambala Study 3.
The Geopolitics of Refugees: A Strategic Tool for Explaining the Concept of
Migration in Developing Countries 4. Economic Development, Environmental
Degradation and Sustainability: A Panel-Data Analysis of the Major
Economies from 1990-2015 5. Demarcation and Spatial Distribution of Urban
Centres in Sri Lanka 6. Colonial Urbanism and Morphology: The Case of the
Colonial Port City of Kolkata Part II: Urban Planning, Innovation and Urban
Resilience for Sustainable Development 7. Geopolitical Urbanism Network
(GUN): Building Networked Understanding of Cities in Armed Conflicts for
Sustaining Peace 8. Sustainable Spatial Planning for the Rural-Urban
Continuum Settlements of Kerala, India 9. Self-Financing Urbanism in
Developing Countries: A Ready Reckoner for Land Value Capture (LVC)
Instruments 10. Urban Simulation Model and Urban Growth, Agglomeration,
Gentrification: The Case of Lucknow, India 11. Carrying Capacity of Air
Environment and Development of a Megacity: A Case of NCT Delhi, India 12.
Urbanization and Sustainability in the South Pacific Region from the 1990s
to 2020 Part III: Environmental Management and Ecosystem Services 13.
Walkable Urban Neighborhoods: The Adverse Effects of Industrialization and
Climate Change in Developing Countries 14. Urban Resilience to the
Challenges of Climate Change: The Case of Africa 15. Not a 'Peripheral'
Connection: Dynamics of Peri-Urban Agriculture in Kolkata Metropolitan
Area, West Bengal 16. Degraded Land Management in Urban Areas: The Case of
Biodiversity Parks in Delhi 17. Geospatial Analysis of Heat Islands in
Badulla MC, Sri Lanka 18. Analyzing Land-Use/Land-Cover Changes and Its
Impact on Land Surface Temperature in Berhampore Municipality, West Bengal,
India Part IV: Multidimensional Approach to Urban Ecology, Space, Society
and Sustainability 19. Reflections from East Kolkata Wetlands: A Conceptual
Framework for Building Urban Resilience to Climate Change for Sustainable
Urbanism in Developing Countries 20. Urban Societal Needs and
Sustainability in Zambia: A Case of Public Land and Housing 21. Impact of
Noise Pollution on Human Health in Barasat Urban Area, West Bengal 22.
Water Vendors of Peri-Urban Kolkata: Life, Livelihood and Lived Experiences
23. 'Sacred Land Capture': An Introduction to a New Phenomenon of
Encroachment in Urban India 24. Aging in Urban India: Needs and Policies
for Sustainable Development