Asian megacities have attracted much scientific attention in the context of global
urbanization, but few quantitative studies analyze wetland transformation in the rural–urban …

This book is about the role that ideas, institutions, and actors play in structuring how we
govern cities and, more specifically, what projects or paths are taken. Global changes …

Rapid urbanisation is a reality. It is estimated that by 2050, 64% of the world and 86% of the
developed world will be urbanised and three billion people will be living in cities. UN …

Rapidly urbanising cities in Asia have two defining features, ie demographic expansion and
urban concentrated economic growth and, secondly, scattered forms of urbanisation …

The city of Bengaluru has outgrown in terms of the proportion of population and geography
with profound impacts on both the physical and natural resource use. A combination of …

In 2002, the Indian government initiated a broad range of programmes that proposed market-
based reforms for water. Inspired by World Bank's policy ideas, the processes have often led …

Globalization and modernization have rapidly transformed our cities in the recent time. The
ever-increasing population and spread of urbanization have accelerated the loss of identity …

This thesis bridges the transnational discourses on environmental justice and urban social
inequality through an in depth analysis of Bangalore, India. I define environmental justice as …