Urban Growth and Environmental Issues in India

This book examines the interplay between urban growth and the environmental issues in India. The contributors, who are coming from diverse disciplines, examine socioeconomic, administrative, and environmental threats emanating from urbanization (e.g. climate change, health governance, energy issues, pollution, and e-waste management) and suggest various measures for dealing with the challenges of rapid urbanization. Offering a valuable resource for all those interested in understanding the multifaceted dimensions of urban growth, the book appeals to researchers, students, and policymakers, interested in the development studies and urban studies.

Provides a comprehensive and theory-informed analysis of urban growth in India

Bridges disciplines to share the expertise of leading researchers in academia and industry

Reveals how sustainability goals offer an opportunity for addressing persistent environmental degradation challenges

Auteur

Alpana Kateja is Professor of economics at the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, and also former Principal, University Maharani College, Jaipur. She is a gold medalist in economics, and she has formerly been associated with Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, and JNV University, Jodhpur. Her published works include Health Outcomes in India, Water and Health, Water Resource Management, and Lifestyle and Health.
Rashmi Jain is Head and Associate Professor in Department of sociology at the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. She has interest in the areas of development communication, gender studies, sociology of law, and leisure studies. She is Convener of Working Group on Law and Migration of International Sociological Association. Her published work includes Women, Media and Violence, Women Empowerment: The Global Scenario, and Health and Domestic Violence. Her latest book (ed.) Global Leisure and the Struggle for a Better World has been published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Contenu

1. The Urban Transformation: Issues and Challenges Rashmi Jain

2. Shelter for the Poor: Conundrum, Visions and Methods of Urban growth

Bhawana Vasudeva

3. Key Determinants of Urbanization in India: Evidence from State Level Data

   Seema Joshi

4. Contextualizing Smart Cities and impact on Social relations Manish Yadav

   5. Management of Rurban Area Development: Selected Indian Experience and Challenges.

   Yogesh Joshi

5. Urban Health Infrastructure: Governance Issues

Sandeep Narula and Narma Bhattacharya

7. Migration pattern and the emerging Trends of Migration in India

   B. K. Nagla

8 Environmental Kuznets Curve: A Revisit in the Case of SAARC Maniklal Adhikary and Chandrasekhar Hajra

9. Looming Threat of Vehicular Pollution to Human Health

   Alpana Kateja

10. Climate Change, Urbanization and Impact on Natural Environment

    M. K. Pandit

11. An Analysis of Climate Change Related Vulnerability among the Forced Migrants in India

    Sunetra Ghatak

12. Vertical Farming: Resilience towards Climate Change

    Sonia Maheshwari

13. Ecology of Lakes and Reservoirs in Semi-Arid Regions of Rajasthan

    P. D. Charan and K. C. Sharma

    14. Socio- Economic Implications of Waste Management

    A.D. Sawant, Sujata Warrier and Geetanjali Pawar

14. Solid Waste Management in Urban Areas- An Urgent Priority

    Ravinder Palakurthy and J. P. Kesari

15. Environmental Hazards from Municipal Solid Waste of Urban Space: Global Perspective

    Amithy Jasrotia and Prama Soloman

16. Urbanization and Pharmaceutical Waste: An Upcoming Environmental Challenge

    Kritika Sharma and GarimaKaushik

17. Resource Sustainability by Electronic Waste Recycling

    P. Parthasarathy

18. Renewable Energy in India: Potential and Prospects

    Chandrakanta Mall and Prem Prakash Solanki

19. Necessity of Paradigm Shift from Non-Renewable Sources to Renewable Sources forEnergy Demand

    Alka Kataria and T. I. Khan