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This volume documents and analyses the experiences of the urban periphery in three developing nationsIndia, Nepal, and Bangladeshin terms of water security and access, adaptation to climate change, and urban expansion.
Table des matières
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: Urbanization, Climate Change, and Peri-urban Water Security in South AsiaA Framework for Analysis - Vishal Narain
- Urban Burden on Peri-urban Areas: Shared Use of a River in a Coastal City Vulnerable to Climate Change M. Shah Alam Khan, M. Shahjahan Mondal, Rezaur Rahman, Hamidul Huq, Dilip Kumar Datta, Uthpal Kumar, and Mohammad Rashed Jalal
- Urbanization, Climate Change, and Water Security in Peri-urban Gurgaon, India - Vishal Narain, Pranay Ranjan, Sreoshi Singh, and Aman Dewan
- Expanding City, Shrinking Water Resources, and the Vulnerability of Communities Living on the Edge in Hyderabad, India - Sreoshi Singh and Anjal Prakash
- Growing Urbanization, Changing Climate, and Adaptation in Peri-urban Kathmandu: Emerging Shapes of Water and Livelihood Security - Rajesh Sada, Ashutosh Shukla, Anushiya Shrestha, and Lieke Anna Melsen
- Gendered and Caste Spaces in Household Water Use: A Case of Aliabad Village in Peri-urban Hyderabad, India - Anjal Prakash and Sreoshi Singh
- Changing Environment, Changing Waters: An Analysis of Drinking Water Access of Vulnerable Groups in Peri-urban Sultanpur - Afke van der Woude
- Local Perception of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses of Peri-urban Residents in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal - Rajesh Sada, Anushiya Shrestha, and Ashutosh Shukla
- Mapping Gains and Losses from the Mayur Ecosystem - Purnamita Dasgupta, Prosun K. Ghosh, Rezaur Rahman,
- and M. Shah Alam Khan
- Conclusion: Towards Peri-urban Water SecurityImplications for Adaptive Capacity, Public Policy, and Future Research and Action - Anjal Prakash
- Glossary
- Notes on Editors and Contributors
- Index
A propos de l'auteur
Vishal Narain is Associate Professor, Public Policy and Governance, at Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, India.
Anjal Prakash is Programme Coordinator of Himalayan Adaptation, Water and Resilience (HI-AWARE) Research, at International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal
Résumé
This volume documents and analyses the experiences of the urban periphery in three developing nationsIndia, Nepal, and Bangladeshin terms of water security and access, adaptation to climate change, and urban expansion.
