Spatial diversity and dynamics in resources and urban development. Urban development / Volume II, (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Urban development
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ashok K. Dutt, Allen G. Noble, Frank J. Costa, Rajiv Thakur, Sudhir K. Thakur.
• Editors: Dutt, Ashok K; Noble, Allen G, 1930-; Costa, Frank J; Rajiv, Thakur; Thakur, Sudhir K
• Contents: Section I: Introduction -- Introduction: Urban Development -- Baleshwar Thakur -- Professional Career and Contributions -- Section II: Theoretical Basis -- Recent Studies in Regional Urban Systems in India: Trends, Patterns and Implications -- Contemporary Urban Policy in India: A Critique of Neoliberal Urbanism -- Sustainable Urbanization in India: Experiences and Challenges -- 'Glocalizing' Urban Sustainability: The Case of Nairobi, Kenya -- Section III: Quantitative Analysis -- Socio-economic Correlates of Asian Urbanization -- Assessing the Impacts of the Global Financial Crisis on Major and Minor Cities in South and Southeast Asia: A Hyperlink Analysis -- Asian Indian Settlement Patterns in Select American Gateways -- Section IV: Economic Impact -- Cluster-based Economic Development: 4 Cases for Context in Developing Regions -- Impact of Economic Development on Regional Structure of Urban Systems in India -- India's Cities Rising: The Challenges in Higher Education -- Hazard Risks and Social Vulnerability in Urban India -- High-Technology and Socio-Spatial Change in Bengaluru: A Mixed Method Approach -- Delhi Metro Rail Travel Behavior Analysis and Trip Characteristics -- Mobility, Marginality and the Cycle Rickshaw in Indian Cities -- Section V: Housing.-Majority's Perception about Minority groups and housing values: An Urban Case study within the San Juan MSA, Puerto Rico -- Impact of the Growth of Farmhouses on Adjoining Local Settlements in Nationa l Capital Territory of Delhi -- Spatial Analysis of in and out Migration in Bolpur Town, West Bengal -- Section VI: Planning -- City Growth Direction-Planning for Land Use Balance.-Urban heritage and planning in India -- Socio-economic Characteristics of Calcutta Slums: An Analysis of Intervention Policies -- Section VII: Cities -- Spatial Structure and Urban Development in Indian Cities.-The Informal Sector in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area: Appraisal and Prospects for Local Economic Development -- Playfully Negotiating Publics: Children, Space and Activism in the City.
• Publisher Details: Berlin : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 539 pages)
• Subjects: 307.1/216; City planning -- India; Cities and towns -- Research -- India; Land use -- India; Environmental policy -- India; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy; Cities and towns -- Research; City planning; Environmental policy; Land use; India; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789401797863; 9401797862
• Related ISBNs: 9789401797856; 9401797854
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.