Urban navigations [electronic resource] : politics, space, and the city in South Asia / editors Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria, Colin McFarlane.
This book provides an important account of how the city in South Asia is produced, lived and contested. It examines the diverse lived experiences of urban South Asia through a focus on contestations over urban space, resources and habitation, bringing together accounts from India, Pakistan, Nepal an...
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi :
Routledge,
2011.
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| Series: | Cities and the urban imperative.
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| Summary: | This book provides an important account of how the city in South Asia is produced, lived and contested. It examines the diverse lived experiences of urban South Asia through a focus on contestations over urban space, resources and habitation, bringing together accounts from India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. In contrast to accounts that attribute urban transformation mainly to neoliberal globalisation, this book vividly demonstrates how neoliberalism functions as one of the many drivers of urban change. This edited volume brings together an interdisciplinary and internation. |
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| Item Description: | Title from PDF title page (viewed on Feb. 27, 2013). Contributed articles. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations, map. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781136197437 1136197435 9780203085332 0203085337 041561760X 9780415617604 |