Introduction. Urban Democracy: A South Asian Perspective

Lama-Rewal, Stéphanie Tawa; Zérah, Marie–Hélène

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“…The contrasting pictures between their ability to act as sites of capital accumulation (rich cities) and their weakness as the third tier of governments (poor city governments) does not confirm the rise of cities in the political space (Scott, 2001, in Lama-Rewal andZerah, 2011). Indian cities, notwithstanding their inability to drive urban change, are governed by a variety of urban institutions that are less democratic but which share complex and unique historical legacies (Sivaramakrishnan, , 2007(Sivaramakrishnan, , 2011Lama-Rewal and Zerah, 2011). "It is conveniently forgotten that the functional domain of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) have been steadily undermined by the state governments by setting up parastatals and diverting municipal functions and funds to them.…”

Section: India's Attempts At Managing Its Citiesmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…The emergence of this consensus has led to the formulation of policies and visions for increasing urban productivity and facilitates urban renewal (Lama-Rewal and Zerah, 2011). Globally, this shift to a service-based and urban-based economy has increased the "political centrality" of cities (Heller and Evans, 2010).…”

Section: India's Attempts At Managing Its Citiesmentioning

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India's Reluctant Urbanization

Tiwari¹,

Nair²,

Ankinapalli³

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Section: India's Attempts At Managing Its Citiesmentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: India's Attempts At Managing Its Citiesmentioning

confidence: 98%

India's Reluctant Urbanization

Tiwari¹,

Nair²,

Ankinapalli³

et al. 2015

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“…One of the objectives of this study is to throw light on the rights homeless people have in their capital city, through the conceptual lens of ‘the right to the city’. The concept was introduced by the French social scientist Henri Lefebvre in his 1968 book Le droit à la ville (Lama-Rewal et al, 2011). This concept talks about the collective right of the people.…”

Section: The ‘Right To the City’ Of Homeless Peoplementioning

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“…According to Harvey ‘the right to the city means not merely a right of access to what already exists, but a right to change it after heart’s desire’ (Harvey, 2008). Like other places across the globe, in India, the concept has been used in the context of rights based social movements to articulate different claims of marginalized people (Lama-Rewal et al, 2011). The concept has been used as a vehicle for social inclusion.…”

Section: The ‘Right To the City’ Of Homeless Peoplementioning

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Understanding Homelessness in Neoliberal City: A Study from Delhi

Ghosh

2019

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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‘Homelessness’ is the worst form of urban poverty, and in the wake of neoliberalism it has become more pervasive in cities across the world. Taking the case of Delhi, the study focuses on the making of homelessness, the connotation of being homeless, and the nature of responses from a governing institution to homelessness in the neoliberal city. The study reveals that large scale slum demolition in the last three decades has rendered thousands of people homeless. They are denied of basic human rights and human necessities. They are not even allowed to reside in the open spaces of the city. Governing actors have bypassed their duties by setting up only a ‘few’ night-shelters in the city, most of which remained unoccupied because of several adversities. The study also reveals that homelessness is the outcome of governance failure and the failure of the welfare state. But the structural problem of homelessness is completely overlooked both in policy and by ‘other’ sections of society.

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Of Slums and Politics in Puri, Odisha: The Localisation of the Slum-Free Cities Mission in the Temple City

Hagn¹

2016

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This paper results from my doctoral research at ETH Wohnforum-ETH CASE, ETH Zürich, Department of Architecture. The dissertation, which is in its concluding stage, is concerned with the nature of contemporary urban development in India and the role of urban policy therein. In particular, the emphasis is on the role of slum re-development in remaking Indian medium-sized cities. The first three years of the project were funded by a Sawiris Scholarship (now referred to as E4D Doctoral Scholarships, see https:// www.ethz.ch/en/the-eth-zurich/global/funding-opportunities/research-fordevelopment/sawiris-scholarships/e4d-doctoral-scholarships.html). The author is grateful to all who supported her throughout the research journey, in many different ways, both in India and Switzerland; however, most explicitly, to Professor Swapna Banerjee-Guha.

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Introduction. Urban Democracy: A South Asian Perspective

Cited by 4 publications

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India's Reluctant Urbanization

India's Reluctant Urbanization

Understanding Homelessness in Neoliberal City: A Study from Delhi

Of Slums and Politics in Puri, Odisha: The Localisation of the Slum-Free Cities Mission in the Temple City

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