Assorted city : equity, justice, and politics in urban services delivery / Suptendu P. Biswas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biswas, Suptendu P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban policy--India.

Urban policy.

City planning--India.

City planning.

Municipal services--India--Planning.

Municipal services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<p class=""ABOUTBOOKAI""><span>A unique work on urban service delivery in an Indian city, narrates how equity and justice are manipulated in the process.</span>

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 - Introduction; PART 1: Positions and Propositions; 2 - Ideology, Policy, and Governmentality; 3 - Planning and Its Practices of Delivery; 4 - Politics of Distribution; PART II: Politics of Distribution in Water Supply; 5 - Physical Setting and the Method of Study; 6 - Socioeconomic Spaces and Property Rights; 7 - Water Supply and Socioeconomic Spaces; 8 - Water Supply, Political Funding, and Socioeconomic Spaces; PART III: Assorted City; 9 - Politics of Practices, Its Ambiguity, and Governmentality; 10 - Equity Mosaics and Assorted City

Select BibliographyIndex; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

93-5150-530-8

93-5150-252-X