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Explores dynamics of water and the built environment in the urban and ecological landscapes of South Asia. Case studies from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka offer guidance to improve climate resilience through water-sensitive development, integrated urban design, and resource management in cities, wetlands and ecosystems.
List of contents
List of Contributors Introduction
PART I Water and Urbanism 1 Population, Urbanization, and Water in South Asia: A General Prospective
Asad Aziz and Muhammad Mushahid Anwar 2 Living on Water's Edge: Prospects of Hydrological Urbanism in Bangladesh
Iftekhar Ahmed 3 Factors Influencing Integration of Waterfront in the City through Urban Waterfront Transformation Phenomenon
Bhavna Vimawala 4 One River, Many Incarnations: Revisiting the Interplay of City, Water and Culture in the Delhi Triangle
Jyoti Pandey Sharma 5 Landscape of Land-Water Interface: Sustainable Water Sensitive Development of Eastern Periphery of Dhaka Metropolitan Area
Ayasha Siddiqua and Farida Nilufar PART II Water and Nature 6 The Making of a Hydro-Hazardscape: A Historical Geography of the Ravi River in Lahore
James L. Wescoat Jr. 7 Wetlands, Urbanization, and Climate Change in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Elizabeth Dean Hermann 8 Co-learning, Unlearning, and Relearning from the Experiences of the Communities 'Living with and on Water' in Bangladesh
Md. Nawrose Fatemi and Tahmina Rahman 9 Braided River Ecosystems of India: A Conundrum to Coexisting with Rivers That Meander
Manju Rajeev Kanchan, Vishakha Jha, and Jyoti Verma PART III Water and Culture 10 Waterfront Development and Disaster Management in the Vernacular Settlement of the Mountainous Region in Remakri, Bangladesh
Anindita Laz Banti 11 A Vernacular Response to River-erosion: The Traditional Houses of Munshiganj, Bangladesh
Dilruba F Shuvra 12 Yamuna and The Sacred Urban Landscape of Vrindavan, India
Amita Sinha, Nidhi Kapri, and Neha Goyal Tater 13 Delving into the Hiti System- the traditional water system of Kathmandu Valley
Padma Sunder Joshi 14 Meaning of Insularity and Isolation for Karachi's Manora Island
Suneela Ahmed and Sarah Athar Khan PART VI Water and Development 15 Objectively Verifiable Indicators to Analyze the Impact of Urban Wetland Management System in The Colombo Metropolitan Region
Dilshan Remaz Ossen and Surangi Gunawardena 16 How Urban River Integrates or Disintegrates a City: A Case of Mongla Town, Bangladesh
Imon Chowdhooree, Tasfin Aziz, Md. Jubaer Rashid, and Meherab Hossain 17 On the Water's Edge: Rural Migrants and Continuum of Livelihood Vulnerabilities in the Waterfront Informal Settlements of Khulna
Sheikh Serajul Hakim, Apurba K. Podder, and Md Toukir Hossain 18 Greywater Recycling at Household Level to Mitigate Water Scarcity Issues in Pakistan
Muhammad Mohsin Shafique and Naeem Shahzad Index
About the author
Mohammed Rahman, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Ahsanullah University, has taught in Canada, Malaysia, Bahrain, KSA, Oman, and Bangladesh, and led academic and professional entities. A Nottingham University PhD-holder, Commonwealth Scholar, and McNamara Fellow, Mohammed studied architecture and urban development. During a World Bank fellowship, he researched housing NGOs. Mohammed has published on and appeared in conferences on the global city, the waterfront, housing, liveability, traditional architecture, conservation, and the like. He has seven books on various urban development and design issues to his credit, and is a reviewer for several international journals on architecture, planning, vernacular settlements, environment, sustainable development, and construction. Mohammed edited the
Handbook of Waterfront Cities and Urbanism published by Routledge in October 2022.
