Inside the transforming urban Asia : processes, politics and public actions

By:

Mahadevia, Darshini Ed

Publication details: New Delhi Concept Pub. company 2008Description: xxx,650pISBN:

9788180695742

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

307.1412 MAH

Contents:

CONTENTS Preface v List of Tables xi Lists Boxes, Figures and Maps xvii List of Photographs , xix Acronyms xxi Contributors xxix 1. Inside Urbanising Asia 1 Darshini Mahadevia 2. Metropolitan Employment in India 56 Darshini Mahadevia 3. Slumbay to Shanghai: Envisioning Renewal or Take Over? 94 Darshini Mahadevia and Harini Narayanan 4. Changes and Continuities in Development Priorities: 132 Ahmedabad Darshini Mahadevia and Harpreet Singh Brar 5. Inclusive or Contested: Conceptualising a Globalised 170 Bangalore Solomon Benjamin 6. Globalisation and Infrastructure Development in Cities of 194 China: Comparing Beijing and Dongguan Darshini Mahadevia INCLUSIONS AND EXCLUSIONS IN STATE POLICY 7. 'Fractured' Terrain, Spaces left over, or Contested: 239 A Closer Look at the IT-Dominated Territories in East and South Bangalore Solomon Benjamin, R. Bhuvaneswari, P. Rajan and Manjunath 8. Inter-City and Intra-City Inequity in China: Case of 286 Tianjin and Chongqing Darshini Mahadevia 9. Financing Urban Development in Delhi: Towards Inclusive 325 Globalisation? Shipra Maitra 10. Basic Infrastructure, Public Finance and Slum Dwellers: 361 Ahmedabad Darshini Mahadevia and Harpreet Singh Brar 11. Slum Demolitions and Production of Neo-liberal Space: Delhi 391 La/it Batra and Diya Mehra 12. Demolition of Lives and Livelihoods: Mumbai 415 Harini Narayanan, Darshini Mahadevia and Riby Rachel Mathew 13. Water for a Globalising Metropolis: Policies and Problems 451 in Hyderabad C. Ramachandraiah 14. Hanoi: A Case Study on Urban Development and Planning 465 in Post-Reform Vietnam Shrawan Kumar Acharya 15. Security of Housing Tenure in the People's Republic of 500 China: Background, Trends and Issues David G. Westendorff 16. Urban Renewal in Shanghai: Issues, Strategies and 521 Social Implications Lim Pohim 17. Singapore's Experience in Housing and Urban Development 532 Lim Lan Yuan PUBLIC ACTION 18. Shanghaing Mumbai: Politics of Evictions and 549 Resistance in Slum Settlements Darshini Mahadevia and Harini Narayanan 19. Dynamics and Contours of Resisting Displacement in Mumbai 590 Amita Bhide 20. Slums and Civil Society: The Limits of Urban Activism 601 Supriya Roychowdhury References ' 619 Index 645

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CONTENTS
Preface v
List of Tables xi
Lists Boxes, Figures and Maps xvii
List of Photographs , xix
Acronyms xxi
Contributors xxix
1. Inside Urbanising Asia 1
Darshini Mahadevia
2. Metropolitan Employment in India 56
Darshini Mahadevia
3. Slumbay to Shanghai: Envisioning Renewal or Take Over? 94
Darshini Mahadevia and Harini Narayanan
4. Changes and Continuities in Development Priorities: 132
Ahmedabad
Darshini Mahadevia and Harpreet Singh Brar
5. Inclusive or Contested: Conceptualising a Globalised 170
Bangalore
Solomon Benjamin
6. Globalisation and Infrastructure Development in Cities of 194
China: Comparing Beijing and Dongguan Darshini Mahadevia
INCLUSIONS AND EXCLUSIONS IN STATE POLICY
7. 'Fractured' Terrain, Spaces left over, or Contested: 239
A Closer Look at the IT-Dominated Territories in East and
South Bangalore
Solomon Benjamin, R. Bhuvaneswari, P. Rajan and Manjunath
8. Inter-City and Intra-City Inequity in China: Case of 286
Tianjin and Chongqing
Darshini Mahadevia
9. Financing Urban Development in Delhi: Towards Inclusive 325
Globalisation? Shipra Maitra
10. Basic Infrastructure, Public Finance and Slum Dwellers: 361
Ahmedabad Darshini Mahadevia and Harpreet Singh Brar
11. Slum Demolitions and Production of Neo-liberal Space:
Delhi 391 La/it Batra and Diya Mehra
12. Demolition of Lives and Livelihoods: Mumbai 415
Harini Narayanan, Darshini Mahadevia and Riby Rachel Mathew
13. Water for a Globalising Metropolis: Policies and Problems 451
in Hyderabad C. Ramachandraiah
14. Hanoi: A Case Study on Urban Development and Planning 465
in Post-Reform Vietnam Shrawan Kumar Acharya
15. Security of Housing Tenure in the People's Republic of 500
China: Background, Trends and Issues David G. Westendorff
16. Urban Renewal in Shanghai: Issues, Strategies and 521
Social Implications Lim Pohim
17. Singapore's Experience in Housing and Urban Development 532
Lim Lan Yuan
PUBLIC ACTION
18. Shanghaing Mumbai: Politics of Evictions and 549
Resistance in Slum Settlements Darshini Mahadevia and Harini Narayanan
19. Dynamics and Contours of Resisting Displacement in Mumbai 590
Amita Bhide
20. Slums and Civil Society: The Limits of Urban Activism 601
Supriya Roychowdhury
References ' 619
Index 645

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