Ecologies of Urbanism in India: Metropolitan Civility and Sustainability - Edited by Anne Rademacher and K. Sivaramakrishnan - 文宇宙｜Bookniverse

Ecologies of Urbanism in India: Metropolitan Civility and Sustainability

Edited by Anne Rademacher and K. Sivaramakrishnan

US $16.80

US $21.00

2013/03

9789888180769

ePub

Hong Kong University Press

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书籍简介

Natural Science > Environmental Science > Environmental Protection

Art > Architecture > Urban Design

Essays follow rapidly proliferating and resource-intensive Indian urbanism in everyday environments. Case studies on nature conservation in cities, urban housing and slum development, waste management, urban planning, and contestations over the quality of air, water, and sanitation in Delhi and Mumbai illuminate urban ecology perspectives throughout the twentieth century. The collection highlights how struggles over the environment and one’s quality of life in urban centers are increasingly framed in terms of their future place in a landscape of global sustainability. The text brings historical particularity and ethnographic nuance to questions of urban ecology and offers novel insight into theoretical and practical debates on urbanism and sustainability.

作者简介

Edited by Anne Rademacher and K. Sivaramakrishnan

Anne Rademacher is professor of environmental studies at New York University. She has published widely on environmental anthropology. K. Sivaramakrishnan is Dinakar Singh Professor of Anthropology and professor in the School of the Environment at Yale University, where he is the co-director of the Program in Agrarian Studies and the Inter-Asia Initiative.

出版社简介

Established in 1956, and part of the University of Hong Kong, Asia’s most prominent English-speaking university, HKU Press publishes more than 30 new titles annually, with a growing proportion (more than 25%) in Chinese. Building on Hong Kong's unique global position, HKU Press books examine, critique, and celebrate Asia’s place in the world. We have gained particular renown for publications in Chinese history and culture, law, public health, social work, film/media studies, art and architecture/urban planning.