Cities are particularly prone to the effects of climate change. One way for cities to adapt is by
enhancing their green infrastructure (GI) to mitigate the impacts of heat waves and flooding …

This paper reviews efforts at defining, conceptualizing and demarcating the periurban. We
draw on different perspectives in conceptualizing and defining the periurban, employing a …

Abstract In June, the Government of India (GOI) stated that the country is experiencing a
severe water crisis in recorded history. We show here how the GOI continues to sideline …

Gurgaon, India's “millennium city”, is today synonymous with India's embrace of global real
estate capital and private sector‐led urban development. This paper asserts that Gurgaon's …

In this article we suggest that the process of peri-urban formation is a case of “exploded
urbanism”–a situation in which urban features fly like shrapnel from the urban core to the …

Urban commons are under pressure. City development has led to the encroachment and
ecological degradation of urban open space. Although there is growing insight that urban …

With rapid urbanisation, urban sprawl is a common phenomenon, particularly in the global
South creating peri-urban spaces where rural-urban interfaces occur. Peri-urban spaces are …

Recent years have witnessed an expanding body of peri-urban and urban scholarship.
However, recent scholarship has yet to adequately address the central role of politics and …

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters of this book. The book acknowledges the role of global capitalism in the …

Climate variability causes multiple difficulties to rural poor. The loss in agriculture production
is the most predominant impact among many, especially in drought-prone regions of India …