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Grown in Delhi

A Political Ecology of Social Networks and Agency Among Yamuna Farmers

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  1. Jessica Ann Diehl

    1. Master of Landscape Architecture Programme, Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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  • Addresses the relevance of urban agriculture in a megacity
  • Fills a gap in case studies using a political ecology lens to understand urban agriculture
  • Measures agency using social network analysis

Part of the book series: Cities and Nature (CITIES)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Jessica Ann Diehl
    Pages 1-5

  3. A Political Ecology Lens

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Vulnerable, yet Resilient

      • Jessica Ann Diehl
      Pages 9-31

    3. Whose Land Is This Anyway?

      • Jessica Ann Diehl
      Pages 33-66

  4. Social Networks and Access to Resources

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. Introductions First

      • Jessica Ann Diehl
      Pages 69-85

    3. Family Dynamic: The Household as a Collective Agent

      • Jessica Ann Diehl
      Pages 87-103

    4. Help Wanted: Laborers as a Social Network Collective

      • Jessica Ann Diehl
      Pages 105-114

    5. Friends and Frenemies: Other Farmers as a Social Network Collective

      • Jessica Ann Diehl
      Pages 115-132

    6. Buying and Selling: Vendors as a Social Network Collective

      • Jessica Ann Diehl
      Pages 133-148

    7. Seeds and Fertilizer: The Agricultural Industry as a Social Collective

      • Jessica Ann Diehl
      Pages 149-163

    8. Rent or Own? Landlords as a Social Network Collective

      • Jessica Ann Diehl
      Pages 165-193

    9. The Outsiders: Other Social Network Collectives

      • Jessica Ann Diehl
      Pages 195-207

  5. Solutions without Resolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209
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    2. Land, Knowledge, Strategies

      • Jessica Ann Diehl
      Pages 211-227

    3. Patches and Corridors: An Expanded Description of Pathways of Power

      • Jessica Ann Diehl
      Pages 229-246

    4. Urban Food Production as an Embedded Practice

      • Jessica Ann Diehl
      Pages 247-264

    5. Conclusion: Scaffolding Urban Food Systems

      • Jessica Ann Diehl
      Pages 265-273

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 275-276
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About this book

This book explores how power relationships, measured through qualitative social network analysis, impact planning participation and livelihood strategies of a marginalized group of farmers cultivating the Yamuna River floodplain in Delhi, India. Through an in-depth study of 165 farming households facing land development, this book offers insights from the ground-up into how social dynamics enable and constrain agency. A novel mixed-methods approach was used to measure social networks and access to resources based on the different types of people farmers might interact with as part of their livelihoods: hired laborers, vendors, other farmers, etc. Digging deeper into social network patterns, typologies of power are illustrated as they manifest household agency through diverse pathways. More broadly, a political ecology lens is used to link together the multiple and fragmented Yamuna farmers’ stories with broader social, ecological, infrastructural, and economic contexts to suggest future directions for inquiry and policy related to localized urban food systems and sustainable development. 

This monograph will be of interest to academic faculty and graduate students in critical geography, cultural anthropology, food studies, landscape architecture/urban planning, and sociology. 


Authors and Affiliations

  • Master of Landscape Architecture Programme, Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Jessica Ann Diehl

About the author

Jessica Ann Diehl is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture at the National University of Singapore where she teaches a community design studio addressing issues of urban food security in the Master of Landscape Architecture Programme. Her research interests include place-based investigation of social networks, health equity, and alternative food systems.

Dr. Diehl holds a PhD in Health and Behavioral Sciences from the University of Colorado Denver, USA where she was a National Science Foundation (NSF) IGERT PhD Fellow in Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Systems and a 2013-14 Fulbright-Nehru Research Fellow affiliated with the School of Human Ecology at Ambedkar University Delhi, India. She holds a BLA/MLA in landscape architecture from The Pennsylvania State University, and a BA in English with a concentration in creative writing from West Virginia Wesleyan College.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Grown in Delhi

  • Book Subtitle: A Political Ecology of Social Networks and Agency Among Yamuna Farmers

  • Authors: Jessica Ann Diehl

  • Series Title: Cities and Nature

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26380-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-26379-8Published: 20 March 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-26382-8Published: 21 March 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-26380-4Published: 19 March 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2520-8306

  • Series E-ISSN: 2520-8314

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 276

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Public Policy, Agriculture, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights

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