This paper draws on two case studies from India and China to discuss how and why rapidly
urbanizing contexts are particularly challenging for transformative innovation but are also …

In this paper, we discuss how transdisciplinary development research (TDR), if approached
in particular ways, can produce new knowledge and also foster deeper systemic changes in …

Rural–urban interfaces worldwide are increasingly witnessing massive transformations in
the structure, functions, and services of complex ecosystems of these zones. An attempt has …

The world's urban population is expected to rise from 3.9 to 6.4 billion people between 2014
and 2050, with 90% of this increase in Asia and Africa (UN, 2014). While the impacts of …

In the past 200 years, urban spaces have been imagined as neatly laid out, well-planned,
sanitised and civilised places of dense human habitation with regulated economic activity …

The impacts of climate change are already being experienced around the world, but
greenhouse gasses continue to be released at an increasing rate. Despite their numerous …

This book discusses air pollution in Delhi from scientific, social and entrepreneurial
perspectives. Using key debates and interventions on air pollution, it examines the …

This paper examines the intersection between environmental pollution and people's
acknowledgements of, and responses to, health issues in Karhera, a former agricultural …

This paper engages with debates on the transformation of towns near metropolitan cities in
India. Through the case study of Ghaziabad, a city located in the eastern periphery of Delhi …

Ecosystem services are vital for peri-urban and urbanising areas, and the people who live
within them. In contexts of rapid urbanisation, these services are under threat from …