Homm Global Players, Local Struggles

Spatial Dynamics of Industrialisation and Social Change in peri-urban Chennai, India
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-515-10880-5
Verlag: Franz Steiner
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Deutsch, Englisch, Band Band 16, 219 Seiten, E-Book-Text

Reihe: Megacities and Global Change / Megastädte und globaler Wandel.

Empirical research on the societal and spatial impacts of global change has concentrated either on rural or urban contexts, especially on megacities. The peri-urban spaces in between are largely left unnoticed, although experiencing the most profound and dynamic transformations. This book presents the first comprehensive study on spatial dynamics of industrial development and social change in this context, taking peri-urban Chennai, the thriving industrial hub in southern India, as an example.The book combines quantitative and qualitative findings to analyse the implications of rapid industrialisation: a dynamic land market, changing labour conditions, strained governance structures and the demise of an agrarian social order. In order to systematically approach this transformation an innovative conceptual framework is developed from Lefebvre’s theory of the production of space.Following the notion of inclusive development the book explores the contested spatial dynamics of development, contrasting strategies of global players with the local struggles of the vulnerable striving for livelihood security in the peri-urban spaces of today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Homm, Sebastian

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;CONTENTS;6
2;List of maps;9
3;List of figures;9
4;List of tables;9
5;List of case studies;10
6;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;12
7;SUMMARY;13
8;I INTRODUCTION;14
8.1;1 Development as growth: the World Bank perspective;15
8.2;2 Inclusive development: an alternative perspective for peri-urban Chennai;16
8.3;3 Outline of the study;17
9;II APPROACHING GLOBALISED TRANSFORMATIONS WITH LEFEBVRE’S THEORY OF THE PRODUCTION OF SPACE;19
9.1;1 Globalised spaces in peri-urban Chennai;22
9.1.1;1.1 The concept of globalised spaces;22
9.1.2;1.2 Lefebvre’s concept of social space;23
9.1.3;1.3 Spatial strategies;30
9.2;2 Framing social exclusion as enforced abstraction;32
9.2.1;2.1 The concept of enforced abstraction;33
9.2.2;2.2 Framing access with social space;37
9.3;3 Framing inclusion as lived difference;39
9.3.1;3.1 The concept of lived difference;39
9.3.2;3.2 Inclusive development, livelihoods and lived difference;42
10;III RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY;45
10.1;1 Approaching peri-urban transformations;45
10.1.1;1.1 Identifying actors producing globalised spaces;46
10.1.2;1.2 Identifying processes of producing of social spaces;47
10.1.3;1.3 Assessment of new regimes of access;48
10.1.4;1.4 Focus on actors’ reaction towards new social spaces;49
10.2;2 Methodology for data collection;51
10.2.1;2.1 Approaching peri-urban transformations;51
10.2.2;2.2 Selection of research sites;52
10.2.3;2.3 Selection of actor groups relevant for the study;53
10.2.4;2.4 Methods of data collection;54
10.3;3 Interpretation of results;58
11;IV GLOBALISED SPACES IN PERI-URBAN CHENNAI;61
11.1;1 Global players - drivers of peri-urban transformations;62
11.1.1;1.1 The State Government;63
11.1.2;1.2 International companies;67
11.1.3;1.3 Landowning farmers;72
11.1.4;1.4 Agricultural labourers;74
11.1.5;1.5 The peri-urban apartment industry;76
11.2;2 ‘India’s Shenzhen’ – a regional example;78
11.2.1;2.1 The Sriperumbudur-Oragadam industrial corridor;79
11.2.2;2.2 Discussion: Global players – local struggles;80
12;V ENFORCED ABSTRACTIONS AND SPACES OF EXCLUSION IN PERI-URBAN CHENNAI;84
12.1;1 Land acquisition for industrial purpose;84
12.1.1;1.1 Land acquisition and the enforcement of ‘industrial purpose’;85
12.1.2;1.2 Oragadam village: local level land acquisition and livelihood transformations;89
12.1.3;1.3 Discussion: Land acquisition as a mechanism for exclusion;106
12.2;2 The peri-urban land market;109
12.2.1;2.1 Producing the land market;110
12.2.2;2.2 Actors producing the peri-urban land market;114
12.2.3;2.3 The land market along the Sriperumbudur-Oragadam industrial corridor;125
12.2.4;2.4 Discussion: The land market as a mechanism for exclusion;126
12.3;3 Privatized spaces of higher education;130
12.3.1;3.1 Labour markets and education;130
12.3.2;3.2 Engineering colleges;131
12.3.3;3.3 Discussion: Higher education as a mechanism for exclusion;134
13;VI LIVED DIFFERENCE AND LOCAL STRUGGLES FOR INCLUSION IN PERI-URBAN CHENNAI;136
13.1;1 The emerging industrial labour market;137
13.1.1;1.1 Social identity and labour conditions;140
13.1.2;1.2 Negotiating the social space of work;146
13.1.3;1.3 Discussion: Labour markets and inclusive development;153
13.2;2 Ullavur village: challenges for landowners – empowerment of agricultural labourers;156
13.2.1;2.1 Ullavur village;157
13.2.2;2.2 Shifting patterns of occupation;160
13.2.3;2.3 Social change in peri-urban Ullavur;164
13.2.4;2.4 Discussion: Industrial development and the opportunity for inclusive development in rural society;169
13.3;3 Peri-urban governance structures;173
13.3.1;3.1 Coordination between government agencies;173
13.3.2;3.2 Turning Sriperumbudur town into “India’s Shenzhen”;176
13.3.3;3.3 The making of Greater Chennai;177
13.3.4;3.4 Discussion: Peri-urban governance and inclusive development;179
14;VII CONCLUSION: PERI-URBAN TRANSFORMATIONS AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITY;180
14.1;1 Globalised transformations in peri-urban Chennai;180
14.1.1;1.1 Benefits from globalised spaces;180
14.1.2;1.2 Mechanisms of social exclusion;182
14.1.3;1.3 Opportunities for inclusive development;184
14.2;2 Evaluation of the conceptual approach;186
14.2.1;2.1 Linking theoretical concerns with empirical questions;186
14.2.2;2.2 A spatial perspective on social change;187
14.2.3;2.3 Towards a right to inclusive development;187
14.3;3 Outlook;188
14.3.1;3.1 Recommendations for future research;188
14.3.2;3.2 Policy recommendations;190
15;REFERENCES;192
16;ANNEX;200
16.1;I Glossary of Tamil and Indian terms;200
16.2;II List of abbreviations;201
16.3;III List of interviews;202
16.4;IV Oragadam questionnaire;208
17;MAPS;210
17.1;Map 1: Peri-urban Chennai: Transformations 2001–2011;211
17.2;Map 2: Special Economic Zones and Industrial Parks in Tamil Nadu.;212
17.3;Map 3: Residential apartment projects in peri-urban Chennai;213
17.4;Map 4: Sriperumbudur-Oragadam industrial corridor 2001–2011;214
17.5;Map 5: Oragadam and Chennakuppam 2001;215
17.6;Map 6: Oragadam and Chennakuppam 2012;216
17.7;Map 7: Land value along the Sriperumbudur-Oragadam industrial corridor;217
17.8;Map 8: Engineering colleges in peri-urban Chennai;218
17.9;Map 9: Ullavur: A rural village abandoning agriculture;219
17.10;Map 10: Varadhapuram section of Ullavur;220

Über Autor(innen)

Homm, Sebastian
Sebastian Homm holds a PhD from the Department of Geography at the University of Bonn where he studied geography, environmental economics and soil sciences. His PhD project focused on urbanization, land use change and socio-economic transformation in peri-urban Chennai. He was also founding member of the Mountain Research Group that established a cooperative research project with partners from Kunming, China, on biodiversity management and environmental governance in Yunnan province.

His research interests are located in the fields of social geography and development studies with a focus on newly industrialized countries. He is concerned with inclusive urban development, dynamics of land use change and the sustainable management of natural resources.