Urban South Asia : Past, Present and Future

Channa, Subhadra Mitra (EDT)

Springer Verlag, Singapore（2026/03発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 513 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789819558261

Full Description

This book explores the unique trajectory of urbanization in South Asia, from the earliest beginnings of civilization to the present-day mega cities, the life in the cities with its associated issues of inequality, struggle, management of scarce resources, migration and the informal sector of the economy. Contributions from renowned scholars, this book provides fresh insights into the continuity of ancient urban civilizations and their influence on modern cities, making it an essential resource for understanding the region's unique urban landscape. It is a great resource book for students and researchers specializing in urbanism in South Asia, urban history, and urban ethnography, particularly urban anthropology.

Contents

Part I. The Past.- Chapter 1. Development of Urban Harappan Civilization and New Discoveries (D.P. Sharma).- Chapter 2.    Urbanisation in Early Historical Odisha: A Longue Duree Perspective (Kishore Basha).- Chapter 3. Early Urban Centres of Lower Ganga Plain (Durga Basu).- Chapter 4. Urbanization of 'Saptamatrika'  Belief, Art and Worship -in Karnataka, South India (Jayalakshmi Yegnaswamy).- Chapter 5. The Pre-Industrial and Orthogenetic City: The Illustrative Case of Delhi (Subhadra Mitra Channa).- Part II. The Present.- Chapter 6. Indigenous Women and Tourism in CHT (Chittagong Hill Tracts) (Farhana Alam).- Chapter 7. The Post-Pandemic Predicament of Female Skilled Workers in the Textile Zone in India (Annapoorna Devi Pandey).- Chapter 8. Precariat Migrant Daily Labourers in Indian Cities (Lancy Lobo).- Chapter 9. Empowering the Invisible: A Case of Domestic Workers in Delhi (Sada).- Chapter 10. Twenty-Seven Missed Calls (Sakshi Joshi).- Chapter 11. The Poverty of Health in Urban Slums: The Chronic Crisis of living in a Dhaka Slum (Sabina Faiz Rashid).- Chapter 12. 'Mixed Blessings: Marriage, Mobility and the Precarious Promise of Digital Romance among Young Women in the Urban Slums of Dhaka, Bangla Desh (Selima Sara Kabir).- Chapter 13. The Urban Middle Class Consciousness: Paid Work, Aspirations and Family among the Women from the Global South (Gunjan Arora).- Chapter 14. Livelihood Struggle of Ear Cleaners in the Urban Sphere: A Case Study of Singhiwala Community with Reflections on the Lives of DNT in Delhi (Deepshikha Agarwal).- Chapter 15. Dancescape of Delhi: Presence and Re-Cognition (Urmimala Sarkar).- Chapter 16. Urban Mind and Bengali Theatre: Urbanization in Bengal through the Lens of the Theatre (Gouranga Dandapat). Part III. The Future.- Chapter 17. Of Liminality and Identity of the Built-In City: Rajarhat in West Bengal (Suman Nath).