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1 online resource |
Contents |
Part 1. Whose land is it anyway? -- part 2. The impact of acquisition -- part 3. New owners of an old land -- part 4. The schizophrenia of the peri-urban town -- part 5. Growth pangs of young towns |
Summary |
Urban Villageris a superbly etched and finely detailed representation of the life of an 'urban villager' in a modern satellite town of India. It describes how Delhi, as a city, is growing radially, stretching its way into the rural fringes of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh that border the city to form the National Capital Region. Through the microcosm of Greater Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, the author draws a portrait of life in a semi-urban town, where billion dollar homes and villages with no sewage system share the same pin code. Some farmers sell their land and try to cope with a new found pro |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
New towns -- India -- Noida
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Urbanization -- India -- Noida
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Country life -- India -- Noida
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Country life
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New towns
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Urbanization
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Noida (India) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99024441
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Subject |
India -- Noida
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9788132117834 |
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8132117832 |
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1306154073 |
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9781306154079 |
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9353880890 |
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9789353880897 |
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8132118332 |
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9788132118336 |
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