A Textbook of Urban Planning and Geography

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-93-89347-54-8
Verlag: PHI Learning

Buch, Englisch, 334 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 235 mm

Generally, textbooks on urban geography and urban planning are based on ideas laid out in the west and are unable to explicitly connect those ideas to the way Indians experience their cities. This gap is addressed in this book by reconceptualising Indian urban studies. The reconceptualisation is done by dissecting western theories, concepts, paradigms, and principles and practices, and placing them alongside how Indians experience their urban landscapes. Such a comparative analysis allows readers to break from their past understandings of the structure and dynamics of Indian cities as well as enable researchers to make exploratory hypotheses. The book will empower students to craft and implement new approaches, unconstrained by orthodox theories and biases.

Primarily intended for the students of Geography and Urban Planning, the book covers the evolution of urban structures and dynamics of settlements in India, largely after India's Independence. There are seven chapters in the book. First three chapters describe and explain the evolution of Indian settlements up to the present. The next four chapters focus on regions, urban planning, urban governance and the social landscape of Indian cities. Each chapter ends with a set of short and long answer questions.

Key Features - Large coverage of the syllabi prescribed in Indian academic institutions
- Strategically organised text of each chapter for the ease of learning
- Abundant case studies in each chapter
- Chapter-end short-answer, long-answer and fill-in the blank type exercise problems

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regionalgeographie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Industrial Revolution and City Evolution
- Chapter 2 Post-Independence Urban Structures
- Chapter 3 Globalisation and Urban System Dynamics
- Chapter 4 The Regional Landscape
- Chapter 5 Planning the Indian City
- Chapter 6 Urban Governance and Sustainable Development
- Chapter 7 The Social Landscape
- Questions
- Suggested Readings
- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sameer Sharma (PhD in metropolitan development, University of Cincinnati, USA) is First Missions Director India: Smart City Mission AMRUT & Capacity Building for Urban Development. He is also a researcher in metropolitan and regional development as well as a practitioner in urban development. He has taught courses on 'spatial structures' and 'statistics for urban planners' to postgraduate students in the USA. He has published several academic papers, research papers on spatial economics, social capital and metropolitan development, contributed several articles to many widely read newspapers, written two books, and contributed chapters in many books. He has also worked as Municipal Commissioner of three cities in India. He has won more than seven awards and appreciations, including the President's Award for Best State in the promotion of Community Organisations in slums (2014) and the V. Ramachandran Award for Excellence in implementation of urban decentralisation.