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1 online resource |
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Routledge series on urban South Asia ; 1 |
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Routledge series on urban South Asia ; 1.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Key arguments; Why Kolkata?; Situating myself; Research methods; Outline of the book; 2 Theorizing diaspora; Defining and debating diasporas; Producing Global Indians politically; Imagining Global Indians culturally; 3 Transnational practices; Migrants and transnationalism; Political involvement; Economic involvement; The Indian case; The case of Kerala; 4 Building a global city; World cities and global cities; Ordinary cities; Gentrification and displacement; Global gentrification |
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The importance of place5 The context of Kolkata; Background: from colonial city to imperial center to postindustrial wasteland; Calcutta in the century of conflict; Post-liberalization developments: a changing picture; 6 The East Kolkata Wetlands; Ecological, economic, and social significance; History of reclamation; Contested space: protecting the EKW; Illegal filling in the EKW; How to save the Wetlands; 7 The Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project; Bourgeois environmentalism in the remaking of cities; Context of the KEIP; The goals of the KEIP |
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Environment and the new Kolkata: parks and water bodiesCanal clearances and new housing development; Ecotourism in the EKW; 8 New housing developments: global living in Kolkata; Size and scale of the new construction; Non-resident Indians (NRIs) and housing developments; Kolkata West International City; Vedic Village; South City; 9 Conclusion; Index |
| Summary |
Indian diaspora has had a complex and multifaceted role in catalyzing, justifying and promoting a transformed urban landscape in India. Focussing on Kolkata/ Calcutta, this book analyses the changing landscapes over the past two decades of one of the world's most fascinating and iconic cities. Previously better known due to its post-Independence decline into overcrowded poverty, pollution and despair, in recent years it has experience a revitalization that echoes India's renaissance as a whole in the new millennium. This book weaves together narratives of migration and diasporas, postmodern de |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
City planning -- India -- Kolkata
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Urbanization -- India -- Kolkata
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East Indian diaspora.
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East Indians -- Foreign countries.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Public, Commercial & Industrial.
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East Indians -- Foreign countries
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City planning
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East Indian diaspora
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Urbanization
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India -- Kolkata
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317596738 |
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1317596730 |
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9781315745909 |
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1315745909 |
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9781317596721 |
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1317596722 |
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9781317596714 |
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1317596714 |
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