ABSTRACT
This volume explores the dynamics of urbanisation in Northeast India. It discusses the impact of the process of urbanisation on the environment, infrastructure and socio-economic conditions of the region.
The chapters in the book:
- Examine various challenges and opportunities of urbanisation, such as frontier urbanism, urban congestion, smart cities, vernacular architecture, urban water and waste management, cross-border migration and ethnicity.
- Draw attention to critical issues that have massively disturbed the urban landscape including deterioration of water quality, seismic activity and air pollution.
- Give alternatives that could present possible solutions to the problems afflicting this region.
Drawing on case studies rooted in extensive fieldwork, this book will be indispensable to researchers and students of urban studies, human geography, development economics, cultural studies and South Asian studies. It will also be of interest to policy-makers, government representatives and town planners.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|144 pages
Urbanisation, institution and economy
chapter 1|15 pages
Frontier urbanism
Settlement evolution and transformation along the Kalimpong–Lhasa trans-frontier trade route
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chapter 5|13 pages
Urbanisation, shift in architectural idiom and environmental impact
A study of the vernacular architecture of Assam
chapter 6|18 pages
Supply-side factors in determining urbanisation in Assam
A district-level analysis
chapter 8|14 pages
Urbanisation and social life in an urban setting
A sociological analysis of Shillong
chapter 9|15 pages
Street vending in the urban informal sector
A study in Silchar town in Northeast India
part II|84 pages
Urbanisation, water resources and solid waste management
chapter 11|16 pages
Local institutions, urban water governance and future challenges
A case study of Shillong
chapter 12|14 pages
Some aspects of urban water management in Darjeeling, Himalaya
A study of Darjeeling town
