City, Space and Politics in the Global South

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: The Concept of a City
	Chapter 1: Cities, Space and Development in India
	Chapter 2: Political Economy vs. Political Ecology of Urbanization in Asia
	Chapter 3: ‘Global’-izing Indian Cities: A Spatial Epistemological Critique
	Chapter 4: Financial Decentralization and Local Governance in Urban India: An Inter-State and Metropolitan Districts Analysis
	Chapter 5: Urban Space and Environmental Urges
Part II: City and Urban Space
	Chapter 6: A Century of Urbanization in the Mineral Belt of India: Phases of Continuity and Change (1901-2011)
	Chapter 7: Process and Pattern of Urbanization in Jharkhand
	Chapter 8: Impact of Peri-Urbanization and Its Policy Implications: A Case Study of Varanasi’s Peri-Urban Interface
	Chapter 9: Reconfiguring Urban Space: Loss of Green Space in Varanasi
	Chapter 10: Urban Poverty Revisited: An Enquiry into KUSP Initiative in West Bengal
	Chapter 11: Nutritional Status and Tuberculosis Disease in the City of Varanasi, UP: A Perspective on Urban Health Ecology
Part III: Urban Policy, Planning and Governance
	Chapter 12: Capacity Development for Effective Urban Governance and Service Delivery Quest for Precepts, Realities and Realization
	Chapter 13: India’s Urban Development Policy: Retrospect and Prospect
	Chapter 14: Challenges of Climate Change in the City of Jamnagar: Perceptions and Adaptations
	Chapter 15: Advocacy to Urban Governance: The Aam Aadmi Narrative in Delhi
	Chapter 16: Urban Development: Challenges and Prospect in Madhya Pradesh
	Chapter 17: Community Participation Law: Policy vs. Practice, The Case of Bhopal
List of Contributors
Index