Urbanisation in the Global South: Perspectives and Challenges

Abstract

Cover -- Endorsement Page -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Foreword: Urbanization in the Global South: Perspectives and Challenges -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Challenges of urbanization in the global south: Introduction and overview -- Chapter 2 Linkage between urbanization, economic development and urban poverty -- Chapter 3 Urbanization, livestock ownership, food security and child nutritional outcomes in Nigeria: Linkages and pathways -- Chapter 4 Impact of tanks and canals on livelihood security and implications for migration into cities: Study of the Bengaluru metropolis -- Chapter 5 Financial status of megacities in India: Emerging issues and challenges -- Chapter 6 Suburbanization and spatial inequality in the distribution of urban services in Indian cities -- Chapter 7 Urban civic service delivery and norms: A pilot study of two Indian cities -- Chapter 8 Water resource management by using system dynamics in Ahmedabad City -- Chapter 9 Reducing the water footprint of megacities in Asia: Addressing water reuse and groundwater recharge (case study of Delhi, India) -- Chapter 10 Sanitation, hygiene behavior and health implications: A situation analysis of slums in Bengaluru -- Chapter 11 Rapid urbanization in Nepal: What does it mean for public open space? -- Chapter 12 The air pollution conundrum in Delhi: Agenda setting in environmental policy and the politics of solution-making -- Chapter 13 The peri-urban poor and ecology in the megacity of Kolkata -- Chapter 14 State of local governance and urban development problems: A study of Bengaluru -- Chapter 15 Citizen participation in Shanghai's urban redevelopment under state-led neoliberal urbanism.