Remaking Urban Environments: The Political Ecology of Air Pollution in Delhi

Véron, René

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“…While India's post-colonial state has undoubtedly been pluralized by lower-caste and lower-class voices since independence and has moved forward on key environmental fronts, it nevertheless continues to be dominated by elite interests. In fact, specific environmental regulatory and legislative instruments tend to be used to advance elite and middle-class interests in urban India, often to the detriment of the poor (Baviskar, 2002;Véron, 2006), much as was the case historically in the United States.…”

Section: Defining the Urban Fringe Across The North And Southmentioning

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Water marginalization at the urban fringe: environmental justice and urban political ecology across the North–South divide

2015

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This article reconsiders the epistemic and geographic boundaries that have long separated scholarship on urban water poverty and politics in the Global North and South. We stage an encounter between the seemingly dissimilar cases of Tooleville outside of the city of Exeter in California's Central Valley and Bommanahalli outside of Bangalore, India, to illuminate the geography of water marginalization at the fringes of urban areas, and to deepen cross-fertilization between two geographic literatures: environmental justice (EJ) and urban political ecology (UPE). We argue that there is scope for transnational learning in three arenas in particular: (1) water access, (2) state practice, and (3) political agency. In so doing, we aim to advance a genuinely postcolonial approach to theory and practice in the pressing arena of urban water politics.

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Section: Defining the Urban Fringe Across The North And Southmentioning

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Water marginalization at the urban fringe: environmental justice and urban political ecology across the North–South divide

2015

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“…A growing number of recent studies on environmental politics in India's largest cities [67][68][69][70][71] point to a general tendency towards polarization and fragmentation and to an increased influence of the middle classes, civil-society groups and "green courts" on (environmental) policy. Middle-class environmentalism has often resulted in the marginalization of the poor within the metropolitan area and their dislocation to the metropolitan periphery.…”

Section: Small Cities Environmental Governance and Neoliberalism In mentioning

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Small Cities, Neoliberal Governance and Sustainable Development in the Global South: A Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda

Véron

2010

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Development and environmental issues of small cities in developing countries have largely been overlooked although these settlements are of global demographic importance and often face a "triple challenge"; that is, they have limited financial and human resources to address growing environmental problems that are related to both development (e.g., pollution) and under-development (e.g., inadequate water supply). Neoliberal policy has arguably aggravated this challenge as public investments in infrastructure generally declined while the focus shifted to the metropolitan "economic growth machines". This paper develops a conceptual framework and agenda for the study of small cities in the global south, their environmental dynamics, governance and politics in the current neoliberal context. While small cities are governed in a neoliberal policy context, they are not central to neoliberalism, and their (environmental) governance therefore seems to differ from that of global cities. Furthermore, "actually existing" neoliberal governance of small cities is shaped by the interplay of regional and local politics and environmental situations. The approach of urban political ecology and the concept of rural-urban linkages are used to consider these socio-ecological processes. The conceptual framework and research agenda are illustrated in the case of India, where the agency of small cities in regard to environmental governance seems to remain limited despite formal political decentralization.

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“…Figure 5, showing the results of some of these 'pressures' through enforcement, is an offence report published by the STR office for 2009-2014. Identified as a trend towards neoliberal conservation, or "a latest incarnation of capitalism" as Veron (2006Veron ( : 2094 calls it, intervention by international NGOs actually promotes economic activities and commodification of natural resources (Fletcher 2010:172;see also Brockington and Duffy 2010).Socioecological relationships are juxtaposed against the influence of power and inequitable distribution of resources -seizing goods and fining local people rather than trusting their ecological management skills. have to carry their own food and drinking water, since they go for at least a week.…”

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How can traditional livelihoods find a place in contemporary conservation politics debates in India? Understanding community perspectives in Sundarban, West Bengal

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Pattanaik

2017

Journal of Political Ecology

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We document the economic and socio-cultural vulnerability of a forest-dependent community inhabiting the forest fringe island of Satjelia in the Indian Sundarban. Using simple artisanal methods, they have practiced traditional livelihoods like fishing and collecting wild honey from the forests for more than a century. Despite having established cultural integrity and traditional occupations, this group is not indigenous, and are therefore treated as 'others' and 'settlers.' An ethnographic study describes these various forms of livelihoods and the ways that threatens local subsistence. We also document the bureaucratic and hierarchical structure of protected area (PA) management, showing it has little or no accommodation of this community's local traditional knowledge. Finally, we ask whether there is any scope for integrating 'non-indigenous' environmental knowledge, for a more egalitarian transformation of socio ecological relations within these communities. Keywords: Conservation, conflict, indigenous, political ecology, Sundarban, traditional livelihoods RésuméNous documentons la vulnérabilité économique et socioculturelle d'une communauté tributaire de la forêt qui habite l'île de la sylviculture de Satjeliadans le Sundarban indien. En utilisant des methods artisanales simples, ils ont pratiqué des moyens de subsistence traditionnels comme la pêche et la collecte de miels auvage des forêts, depuis plus d'un siècle. Bien qu'ils aient établi l'intégrité culturelle et les professions traditionnelles, ce groupe n'est pas indigène et sont donc traités comme «autres» et «colons». Une étude ethnographique décrit ces différentes formes de moyens de subsistence et les moyens qui menacent la subsistance locale. Nous documentons également la structure bureaucratique et hiérarchique de la gestion des aires protégées (AP), qui ne tient guère compte des connaissances traditionnelles locales de cette communauté. Enfin, nous demandons s'il y a lieu d'intégrer les connaissances environnementales «non autochtones», pour une transformation plus égalitaire des relations socio-écologiques au sein de cescommunautés. Mots-clés: Conservation, conflits, indigènes, écologie politique, Sundarban, moyens de subsistence traditionnels ResumenNosotros documentamos la vulnerabilidad económica y socio-cultural de una comunidad dependiente de un bosque que habita la isla límite de Satjelia en el Sundarban Indio. Con el uso de sencillos métodos artesanales, ellos practican desde hace más de un siglo, modos de subsistencia tradicionales tales como la pesca y la recolección de miel silvestre de los bosques. A pesar de haber establecido una integridad cultural y ocupaciones tradicionales, este grupo no es indígena y por lo tanto son considerados como "otros" y "colonos". Se trata de estudio etnográfico describe estos diversos modos de subsistencia y las maneras en que amenazan la subsistencia local. También documentamos la estructura burocrática y jerárquica del manejo de área protegida (PA), demostrando que tiene un poco o nada de reco...

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Remaking Urban Environments: The Political Ecology of Air Pollution in Delhi

Cited by 164 publications

References 37 publications

Water marginalization at the urban fringe: environmental justice and urban political ecology across the North–South divide

Water marginalization at the urban fringe: environmental justice and urban political ecology across the North–South divide

Small Cities, Neoliberal Governance and Sustainable Development in the Global South: A Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda

How can traditional livelihoods find a place in contemporary conservation politics debates in India? Understanding community perspectives in Sundarban, West Bengal

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