Sacred Waters of Varanasi - The Colonial Draining and Heritage Ecology

This book on urban water bodies, catchment areas and drainage pattern is set against the backdrop of the unprecedented heavy rainfall that severely deluged metropolitan cities and other parts of India in recent years.

List of contents

Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. City of Waters
2. The Tale of Two Maps
3. Draining the Wet City
4. Debating Heritage Ecologies
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Mahesh Gogate is affiliated researcher at Kyoto University, Japan and studying the dynamic and fluid topography of Varanasi city, India. Before academia, he worked in the software the industry, and spent many years working as a research associate.

Summary

This book on urban water bodies, catchment areas and drainage pattern is set against the backdrop of the unprecedented heavy rainfall that severely deluged metropolitan cities and other parts of India in recent years.

Product details

• Authors: Mahesh Gogate
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032523132
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3252313-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, India, Colonialism & imperialism, Urban & municipal planning, Colonialism and imperialism, Hydrology & the hydrosphere, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Hydrology and the hydrosphere