Urbanization and Regional Sustainability in South Asia: Socio-economic Drivers, Environmental Pressures and Policy Responses

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This book examines urbanization and migration processes in South Asia. By analyzing the socio-economic impacts and infrastructural, environmental and institutional aspects of different conurbations, it highlights conflicts over agricultural land as well as the effects on health, education, poverty and the welfare of children, women and old people. The authors also explore issues of mobility; connectivity and accessibility of public services, and discuss the effective use of new urban-management tools, such as the concept of smart cities and urban spatial monitoring. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction: Learning from Urbanisation in South Asia (Chitta Ranjan Pathak, Sumana Bandyopadhyay, Tomaz Ponce Dentinho)....Pages 3-8 Mapping of Urban Growth Dynamics in Kolkata Metropolitan Area: A Geospatial Approach (Sushobhan Majumdar, Lakshmi Sivaramakrishnan)....Pages 9-24 Sikkim—Once a Captivating au Naturel Himalayan Kingdom in the Light of Its Growing Urbanscape (Sanghamitra Sarkar)....Pages 25-38 Migration and Entry to Urban Street Food Market: A Study of Selected Street Food Vendors in Delhi (Aditi Kundu, Sayak Dutta)....Pages 39-54 Front Matter ....Pages 55-55 Disaster Risk Mitigation Strategies in the Southwestern Coastal Region of Bangladesh (Tuhin Roy, Mahbuba Nasreen, Abdullah Abusayed Khan, Md. Rezaul Karim)....Pages 57-74 Estimation of Surface Thermal Influxes from Satellite Images of the Newly Developed Built-up Areas of South 24 Parganas District, West Bengal (Anwesha Haldar, Pradip Patra, Sk. Mafizul Haque)....Pages 75-86 Valuing Social Costs and Benefits of Multiple Uses of Urban Wetlands: The Case of Nature Park, Kolkata (Debarpita Banerjee, Sumana Bandyopadhyay)....Pages 87-105 Front Matter ....Pages 107-107 Urban Housing in Sri Lanka (Bilesha Weeraratne)....Pages 109-133 Evaluation of Urban Basic Services and the Role of Urban Governance: A Case Study of Selected Wards of Chandernagore Municipal Corporation (Arindam Dasgupta)....Pages 135-156 Micro-Level Analysis of Road Connectivity and Its Spatial Variation in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Area (Sk. Mafizul Haque, Md. Juber Alam)....Pages 157-176 Railway Stations of Tripura, India: An Assessment of Infrastructural Conditions (Stabak Roy, Saptarshi Mitra)....Pages 177-198 Front Matter ....Pages 199-199 HIV/AIDS Vulnerability Among Street Children in Urban Bangladesh: A Reality of Old Dhaka (Md. Saidur Rashid Sumon, Abdullah Abusayed Khan)....Pages 201-216 Status of the Urban Poor in Kolkata—A Case Study Regarding Squatter Settlements Along the Beliaghata Canal (Anindita Ghosh)....Pages 217-230 Education in the Bankura District, West Bengal (Mrinal Mandal, Debasis Ghosh)....Pages 231-241 Front Matter ....Pages 243-243 Exploring Dimensions and Elements for Smart City Development in India (Dillip Kumar Das, Sanjaykumar G. Sonar)....Pages 245-259 Challenges of Smart Cities in India (Chitta Ranjan Pathak)....Pages 261-269 Is Participatory Urban Planning Deepening Democracy: The Case of Haora City, West Bengal (Parama Bannerji)....Pages 271-288 Strategies for Land Use Planning in Democracies: An Inclusive Approach (S. T. Puttaraju)....Pages 289-296 Urban E-Governance: A Quest for Pro-citizen Conceptual Model (Jaydip De, Sumana Bandyopadhyay)....Pages 297-309 Disaster Governance in South Asia: Special Reference to Nepal (Tej Karki, Nimesh Salike)....Pages 311-329 Back Matter ....Pages 331-332