Monograph on the social and cultural anthropology of urban development under colonialism, with particular reference to the role of UK in India - discusses political aspects, urbanization and living conditions, the urban planning of new delhi, etc. Bibliography pp. 300 to 315, di…
Includes a case study of Delhi.
This reissue, initially published in 1989, considers the upsurge of locally-based movements attempting to improve living conditions in Third-World cities throughout the 1980s. The book presents qualitative, comparative research on the dynamics and constraints of these urban soci…
This is a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to urbanising in developing countries, uniquely placing an understanding of the developing world city in its wider global context.
This is a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to urbanising in developing countries, uniquely placing an understanding of the developing world city in its wider global context.
"This edited collection brings together a range of urban scholars, and uses empirical case studies from the global south, to explicitly develop the connections between infrastructure and citizenship. Using examples from Asia and Africa, the book demonstrates the ways in which ad…