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.
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1 Introduction: Learning from Urbanisation in South Asia |
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2 Mapping of Urban Growth Dynamics in Kolkata Metropolitan Area: A Geospatial Approach |
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9 | (16) |
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3 Sikkim---Once a Captivating au Naturel Himalayan Kingdom in the Light of Its Growing Urbanscape |
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4 Migration and Entry to Urban Street Food Market: A Study of Selected Street Food Vendors in Delhi |
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Part II Pressures on the Environment |
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5 Disaster Risk Mitigation Strategies in the Southwestern Coastal Region of Bangladesh |
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6 Estimation of Surface Thermal Influxes from Satellite Images of the Newly Developed Built-up Areas of South 24 Parganas District, West Bengal |
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75 | (12) |
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7 Valuing Social Costs and Benefits of Multiple Uses of Urban Wetlands: The Case of Nature Park, Kolkata |
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87 | (22) |
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Part III Restructuring Adapted Spaces |
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8 Urban Housing in Sri Lanka |
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9 Evaluation of Urban Basic Services and the Role of Urban Governance: A Case Study of Selected Wards of Chandernagore Municipal Corporation |
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10 Micro-Level Analysis of Road Connectivity and Its Spatial Variation in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Area |
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11 Railway Stations of Tripura, India: An Assessment of Infrastructural Conditions |
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Part IV Effects on Society |
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12 HIV/AIDS Vulnerability Among Street Children in Urban Bangladesh: A Reality of Old Dhaka |
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201 | (16) |
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13 Status of the Urban Poor in Kolkata---A Case Study Regarding Squatter Settlements Along the Beliaghata Canal |
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217 | (14) |
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14 Education in the Bankura District, West Bengal |
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231 | (14) |
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15 Exploring Dimensions and Elements for Smart City Development in India |
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245 | (16) |
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16 Challenges of Smart Cities in India |
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261 | (10) |
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17 Is Participatory Urban Planning Deepening Democracy: The Case of Haora City, West Bengal |
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271 | (18) |
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18 Strategies for Land Use Planning in Democracies: An Inclusive Approach |
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19 Urban E-Governance: A Quest for Pro-citizen Conceptual Model |
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297 | (14) |
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20 Disaster Governance in South Asia: Special Reference to Nepal |
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311 | (20) |
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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.
