Urbanization and Regional Sustainability in South Asia
Socio-economic Drivers, Environmental Pressures and Policy Responses
Editors: Bandyopadhyay, Sumana, Pathak, Chitta, Ponce Dentinho, Tomaz (Eds.)
Free Preview- Highlights the connections between urbanization and migration and their impacts on health, the environment and public policies
- Includes interdisciplinary case studies on the urbanization process in South Asia
- Discusses the effective use of new urban-management tools
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This book examines urbanization and migration processes in South Asia. By analyzing the socio-economic impacts and infrastructural, environmental and institutional aspects of different conurbations, it highlights conflicts over agricultural land as well as the effects on health, education, poverty and the welfare of children, women and old people. The authors also explore issues of mobility; connectivity and accessibility of public services, and discuss the effective use of new urban-management tools, such as the concept of smart cities and urban spatial monitoring.
- About the authors
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Sumana Bandyopadhyay is a professor at the Department of Geography of the University of Calcutta, India and specializes in regional planning and urban environmental planning. She published books and scientific peer-review articles as well as many interdisciplinarily applied work on environmental, societal and development issues.
Chitta Ranjan Pathak is an Indian city and regional planner as well as research consultant. His achievements include the environment management plan for Digha Coastal Zone, West Bengal, the environmental impact assessment of Haldia Port Town, West Bengal, and the decentralized planning for rural development.
Tomaz Ponce Dentinho is a professor at the University of the Azores, Portugal in the domains of regional, environmental and agricultural economics. Since 2011, he has been the editor on Regional Cooperation of the South Asia Democratic Forum and since 2017 the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Regional Science Policy and Practice.
- Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Introduction: Learning from Urbanisation in South Asia
Pages 3-8
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Mapping of Urban Growth Dynamics in Kolkata Metropolitan Area: A Geospatial Approach
Pages 9-24
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Sikkim—Once a Captivating au Naturel Himalayan Kingdom in the Light of Its Growing Urbanscape
Pages 25-38
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Migration and Entry to Urban Street Food Market: A Study of Selected Street Food Vendors in Delhi
Pages 39-54
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Disaster Risk Mitigation Strategies in the Southwestern Coastal Region of Bangladesh
Pages 57-74
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Urbanization and Regional Sustainability in South Asia
- Book Subtitle
- Socio-economic Drivers, Environmental Pressures and Policy Responses
- Editors
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- Sumana Bandyopadhyay
- Chitta Pathak
- Tomaz Ponce Dentinho
- Series Title
- Contemporary South Asian Studies
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-23796-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-23796-7
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-23795-0
- Series ISSN
- 2509-4173
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIX, 332
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