Sustainable urbanism in developing countries. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Uday Chatterjee, Arindam Biswas, Jenia Mukherjee, Dinabandhu Mahata.
• Editors: Chatterjee, Uday; Biswas, Arindam; Mukherjee, Jenia; Mahata, Dinabandhu
• Contents: 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 Puspita Sengupta 2. Contextualizing Urban Sustainability: Limitations, Tensions in Indian Sustainable-Smart Urbanism Perceived through Intranational, International Comparisons and District City Ambala Study Anil S. Thakur 3. The Geopolitics of Refugees: A Strategic Tool for Explaining the Concept of Migration in Developing Countries Mohsen Janparvar, Sajed Bahrami Jaf, Reyhaneh Salehabadi, Uday Chatterjee, and Mahboubeh Shahbazi 4. Economic Development, Environmental Degradation and Sustainability: A Panel-Data Analysis of the Major Economies from 1990–2015 Nilendu Chatterjee, Bappaditya Koley, Anindita Nath, and Uday Chatterjee 5. Demarcation and Spatial Distribution of Urban Centres in Sri Lanka D.K.D.A. Ranaweera, R.M.K. Ratnayake, and H.M.R. Premasiri 6. Colonial Urbanism and Morphology: The Case of the Colonial Port City of Kolkata Parama Bannerj 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 Shalini Chaudhary and Anuradha Choudry 8. Sustainable Spatial Planning for the Rural–Urban Continuum Settlements of Kerala, India Rijesh N.M., Mohammed Firoz C, Susan Cyriac, and Sruthi Krishnan V 9. Self-Financing Urbanism in Developing Countries: A Ready Reckoner for Land Value Capture (LVC) Instruments Jay Mittal and Scott Berson 10. Urban Simulation Model and Urban Growth, Agglomeration, Gentrification: The Case of Lucknow, India Sukanya Koner, T. Athulya Satheesh, Kalyan Nath Somavarapu, and Anugya Shandilya 11. Carrying Capacity of Air Environment and Development of a Megacity: A Case of NCT Delhi, India Himanshhu Panwar, Jwngma Basumatary, and Meenakshi Dhote 12. Urbanization and Sustainability in the South Pacific Region from the 1990s to 2020 Mohammad Afsar Alam, Ravinesh Rohit Prasad, Sakul Kundra, Mumtaz Alam, and Md. Asif Iqubal Part III: Environmental Management and Ecosystem Services 13. Walkable Urban Neighborhoods: The Adverse Effects of Industrialization and Climate Change in Developing Countries Nestor Asiamah 14. Urban Resilience to the Challenges of Climate Change: The Case of Africa Joan Nyika and Megersa Olumana Dinka 15. Not a ‘Peripheral’ Connection: Dynamics of Peri-Urban Agriculture in Kolkata Metropolitan Area, West Bengal Raktima Ghosh 16. Degraded Land Management in Urban Areas: The Case of Biodiversity Parks in Delhi Himanshhu Panwar and Meenakshi Dhote 17. Geospatial Analysis of Heat Islands in Badulla MC, Sri Lanka P.L.C.B. Liyanage and R.M.K. Ratnayake 18. Analyzing Land-Use/Land-Cover Changes and Its Impact on Land Surface Temperature in Berhampore Municipality, West Bengal, India Hassan Momin, Chandrakala Tamang, Rubia Biswas, and Abdul Odud 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 Sudeshna Kumar, Haimanti Banerji, and Sudeshna Ghosh 20. Urban Societal Needs and Sustainability in Zambia: A Case of Public Land and Housing Anthony Mushinge, Ephraim Kabunda Munshifwa, Roy Alexander Chileshe, and Niraj Jain 21. Impact of Noise Pollution on Human Health in Barasat Urban Area, West Bengal Kasturi Mukherjee, Nandita Deb, Abira Dutta Roy, and Pratik Dash 22. Water Vendors of Peri-Urban Kolkata: Life, Livelihood and Lived Experiences Srabanti Bhattacharya 23. ‘Sacred Land Capture’: An Introduction to a New Phenomenon of Encroachment in Urban India Somenath Halder 24. Aging in Urban India: Needs and Policies for Sustainable Development Aakanksha S. Bhargava and Barnali Gogoi
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 307.76091724; Sustainable urban development -- Developing countries; City planning -- Environmental aspects -- Developing countries; Urban policy -- Developing countries; Urbanization -- Developing countries
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000572391; 9781000572377; 9781003131922
• Related ISBNs: 9780367649340
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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