Governing Riverscapes : Urban Environmental Change along the River Yamuna in Delhi, India.

Follmann, Alexander.

Governing Riverscapes : Urban Environmental Change along the River Yamuna in Delhi, India. - Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (398 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF MAPS; GLOSSARY; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; SUMMARY; ZUSAMMENFASSUNG; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; I INTRODUCTION AND RESEARCH CONTEXT; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 INDIA'S MEGACITIES: CHALLENGING URBAN ECOLOGIES; II THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS; 3 GOVERNING RIVERSCAPES:THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL REFLECTIONS; III METHODOLOGY AND METHODS; 4 METHODOLOGY; 5 METHODS AND FIELDWORK; IV SITUATING THE CASE STUDY; 6 THE MEGACITY OF DELHI; 7 INTRODUCING DELHI'S RIVERSCAPES; 8 URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE: INTRODUCING ACTORS AND POLICY DEBATES V HISTORICAL-GEOGRAPHICAL INSIGHTS INTO THE MATERIAL AND DISCURSIVE REMAKING OF DELHI'S RIVERSCAPES9 THE EARLY REMAKING OF DELHI'S RIVERSCAPES; 10 CHANNELIZATION AND RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT -- A PERSISTENT IDEA; 11 DRAFTING THE ZONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN; VI THE RECLAMATION OF DELHI'S RIVERSCAPES FOR A WORLD-CLASS CITY IN THE MAKING; 12 MULTI-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF LAND-USE CHANGE (2001-2014); 13 'CLEANSING' AND 'RECLAIMING' DELHI'S RIVERSCAPES; 14 THE POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF EMBANKMENTS AND URBAN MEGA-PROJECTS VII AFTER THE URBAN MEGA-PROJECTS: PURIFYING DELHI'S RIVERSCAPES FOR RESTORATION, CONSERVATION AND BEAUTIFICATION15 'MANAGING DISSENT': SIGNS OF CHANGE; 16 REDEFINING THE RIVER'S BOUNDARIES; VIII GOVERNING DELHI'S RIVERSCAPES: A SYNTHESIS; 17 REFLECTION AND DISCUSSION; 18 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; APPENDIX; MAPS; COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS



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Urban ecology (Sociology)--India--Delhi.
Watershed management--Delhi (India)--Yamuna River (India)
Water resources development--Delhi (India)--Yamuna River (India)


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