Places of nature in ecologies of urbanism / edited by Anne Rademacher and K. Sivaramakrishnan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rademacher, Anne, editor.

Sivaramakrishnan, K., 1957- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization--Asia.

Urbanization.

Urban ecology (Sociology).

Asia.

Urban ecology (Sociology)--Asia.

Cities and towns--Asia.

Cities and towns.

Physical Description:

xi, 255 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : HKU Press, [2017]

Summary:

If twenty-first-century urbanization is understood as a problem, its regional epicenter is the cities in Asia. Facing unprecedented diversity in scale, scope, and environmental dynamics in the Asian urban experience, scholars will need an approach that can truly capture the significance of place and context. The challenge, as this volume illustrates, can be met by the analytic of ecologies of urbanism. Eschewing a rigid, single ecology, the contributors identify multiple forms of nature-in biophysical, cultural, and political terms-that have discernable impact on power relations and human social action. The case studies in this book-including leopards in Mumbai, a network of tubewells in northern India, an island that grows through reclamation in Hong Kong, and a railway continuum linking Khon Kaen and Bangkok-all attest to the versatility of ecologies of urbanism. Guided by urban processes rather than geopolitical boundaries, Places of Nature in Ecologies of Urbanism offers a picture of urban Asia that is composed of varied ecologies of urbanism. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Inquisitive Legacies: Ecologies of Power and Goan Modernity / R. Bencdito Ferrao Ferrao, R. Bencdito 27

2 Eco-Socialism and Green City Making in Postwar Vietnam / Christina Schwenkel Schwenkel, Christina 45

3 Urban Leopards Are Good Cartographers: Human-Nonhuman and Spatial Conflicts at Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai / Frédéric Landy Landy, Frédéric 67

4 Hong Kong's Artificial Anti-Archipelago and the Unnaturing of the Natural / Andrew Toland Toland, Andrew 87

5 Tales from the Concrete Cave: Delhi's Birla Temple and the Genealogies of Urban Nature in India / Kajri Jain Jain, Kajri 108

6 Courts, Public Cultures of Legality, and Urban Ecological Imagination in Delhi / K. Sivaramakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan, K. 137

7 Ecologies of Possibility: Dwelling, Politics, and Government along Khon Kaen's Railway Tracks / Eli Elinoff Elinoff, Eli 162

8 Discrepant Ecologies in a North Indian Qasba: Protected Trees, Degraded River / Ann Grodzins Gold Gold, Ann Grodzins 185

9 Re-imagining the Indian Underground: A Biography of the Tubewell / Anthony Acciavatti Acciavatti, Anthony 206.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This publication has been generously supported by the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and grows out of a conference convened by the "Environmental Sustainability, Political Ecology, and Civil Society""--Title page verso.

ISBN:

9789888390601

9888390600

9789888390595

9888390597

OCLC:

962015864