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Building resilient urban communities / / by Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy R. Krishnamurthy
| Building resilient urban communities / / by Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy R. Krishnamurthy |
| Autore | Joerin Jonas |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.346 |
| Collana | Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management |
| Soggetto topico |
Hazard mitigation - India
Emergency management - India Cities and towns - India Hazard mitigation - Asia Emergency management - Asia Cities and towns - Asia |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-78350-906-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Building Resilient Urban Communities; Copyright Page; Contents; Building Resilient Urban Communities; Chapter 1 Introduction; Climate disaster resilient urban communities; Case study locations; About the book; References; Chapter 2 Climate disaster risk in urban areas in Asia; Chapter 3 The concept of resilience to disasters; Chapter 4 Resilience in the context of urban disaster risk reduction in India; Disaster risk reduction and resilience in urban areas of India; Summary
Chapter 5 Development and application of a Climate Disaster Resilience Index in Chennai and other Indian citiesClimate disaster resilience index/initiative - Methodology; Key findings from the resilience assessments; Chapter 6 Perceptions of community leaders about enhancing the climate disaster resilience of communities in Chennai, India; Chapter 7 Perceptions of households about enhancing the climate disaster resilience of communities in Chennai, India; Community disaster resilience; Chapter 8 Making Chennai resilient to climate-related disasters |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464095603321 |
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| Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Contesting the Indian city [[electronic resource] ] : global visions and the politics of the local / / edited by Gavin Shatkin
| Contesting the Indian city [[electronic resource] ] : global visions and the politics of the local / / edited by Gavin Shatkin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.8/50954 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ShatkinGavin |
| Collana | Studies in urban and social change |
| Soggetto topico | Cities and towns - India |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4443-6704-8
1-118-29582-X 1-118-29585-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contesting the Indian City: Global Visions and The Politics of the Local; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Series Editors' Preface; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Contesting the Indian City: Global Visions and the Politics of the Local; Rethinking Understandings of Urban Politics in Post-Liberalization Indian Cities; Understanding Urban Political Change from the Ground Up: The Findings of the Case Studies; The emergence of tentative efforts to re-scale urban governance through program innovations and ad hoc decision making
The emergence of "network politics" as a central dynamic of power The interaction between spatial transformation and political change; The diversity of Indian cities' experience of state reconfigurations; Conclusion; Notes; References; Further Reading; 2 Contested Developments: Enduring Legacies and Emergent Political Actors in Contemporary Urban India; Pre-Liberalization Antecedents to Contemporary Urban Governance; Liberalization and the Emergence of New Agendas for Urban Political Reform; The Role of Urban Political Actors; Conclusion; References 3 Conflict and Commensuration: Contested Market Making in India's Private Real Estate Development Sector Introduction; Indian Developers and Foreign Investors; Making a New Market I: Government Reforms; Making a Market II: Investor-Developer Collaborations; The Politics of Commensuration; What Is the Value of Companies?; What Is the Value of Land?; What Is the Value of Expertise?; Two Different Fields of Practice; Value Projects; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; 4 "One-Man Handled": Fragmented Power and Political Entrepreneurship in Globalizing Mumbai; Introduction Fragmented Power and Strategic Partnerships A Man with a Plan; "One-Man Handled"; Politics at the Margins; Challenging the Strategic Partnership; Discussion: Political Entrepreneurship and Fragmented Power; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; 5 Power to the People?: A Study of Bangalore's Urban Task Forces; Introduction; Reconfiguring Bangalore: The BATF and ABIDe; The Bangalore Agenda Task Force (BATF); The Agenda for Bangalore Infrastructure Development (ABIDe); Conclusion: A Changing Urban Planning Paradigm; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Further Reading 6 Social Conflict and the Neoliberal City: A Case of Hindu-Muslim Violence in India Introduction; Local Cleavage, Neoliberal Globalization: Violence in Ahmedabad City; Conceptualizing Conflict; Conceptualizing Global-Local Neoliberalism in Place; Industrial restructuring: alive but excluded; Neoliberal urban renewal: renewing the city; Methodology: Investigating Us, Them, and the "Other"; The dying city and its ghosts; Whose "mega city"?; Sabarmati River Front Development Project (SRFD) and the divided urban poor; Economically weaker section (EWS) housing: separating grain from the chaff? Conclusion: Globalization of Local Conflicts |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139021503321 |
| Chichester, West Sussex, : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Contesting the Indian city : global visions and the politics of the local / / edited by Gavin Shatkin
| Contesting the Indian city : global visions and the politics of the local / / edited by Gavin Shatkin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.8/50954 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ShatkinGavin |
| Collana | Studies in urban and social change |
| Soggetto topico | Cities and towns - India |
| ISBN |
1-4443-6704-8
1-118-29582-X 1-118-29585-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contesting the Indian City: Global Visions and The Politics of the Local; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Series Editors' Preface; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Contesting the Indian City: Global Visions and the Politics of the Local; Rethinking Understandings of Urban Politics in Post-Liberalization Indian Cities; Understanding Urban Political Change from the Ground Up: The Findings of the Case Studies; The emergence of tentative efforts to re-scale urban governance through program innovations and ad hoc decision making
The emergence of "network politics" as a central dynamic of power The interaction between spatial transformation and political change; The diversity of Indian cities' experience of state reconfigurations; Conclusion; Notes; References; Further Reading; 2 Contested Developments: Enduring Legacies and Emergent Political Actors in Contemporary Urban India; Pre-Liberalization Antecedents to Contemporary Urban Governance; Liberalization and the Emergence of New Agendas for Urban Political Reform; The Role of Urban Political Actors; Conclusion; References 3 Conflict and Commensuration: Contested Market Making in India's Private Real Estate Development Sector Introduction; Indian Developers and Foreign Investors; Making a New Market I: Government Reforms; Making a Market II: Investor-Developer Collaborations; The Politics of Commensuration; What Is the Value of Companies?; What Is the Value of Land?; What Is the Value of Expertise?; Two Different Fields of Practice; Value Projects; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; 4 "One-Man Handled": Fragmented Power and Political Entrepreneurship in Globalizing Mumbai; Introduction Fragmented Power and Strategic Partnerships A Man with a Plan; "One-Man Handled"; Politics at the Margins; Challenging the Strategic Partnership; Discussion: Political Entrepreneurship and Fragmented Power; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; 5 Power to the People?: A Study of Bangalore's Urban Task Forces; Introduction; Reconfiguring Bangalore: The BATF and ABIDe; The Bangalore Agenda Task Force (BATF); The Agenda for Bangalore Infrastructure Development (ABIDe); Conclusion: A Changing Urban Planning Paradigm; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Further Reading 6 Social Conflict and the Neoliberal City: A Case of Hindu-Muslim Violence in India Introduction; Local Cleavage, Neoliberal Globalization: Violence in Ahmedabad City; Conceptualizing Conflict; Conceptualizing Global-Local Neoliberalism in Place; Industrial restructuring: alive but excluded; Neoliberal urban renewal: renewing the city; Methodology: Investigating Us, Them, and the "Other"; The dying city and its ghosts; Whose "mega city"?; Sabarmati River Front Development Project (SRFD) and the divided urban poor; Economically weaker section (EWS) housing: separating grain from the chaff? Conclusion: Globalization of Local Conflicts |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825524103321 |
| Chichester, West Sussex, : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Delhi Tha Jiska Naam
| Delhi Tha Jiska Naam |
| Autore | Husain (Author) Intizar |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Delhi : , : SAGE Publications, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (220 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Mishra (Translator)Shubham |
| Soggetto topico |
Delhi (India)
Cities and towns - India |
| ISBN |
9789353289157
9353289157 9789351509936 9351509931 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | hin |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Content -- Mazirat -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Chapter 15 -- Chapter 16 -- Chapter 17 -- Chapter 18 -- Chapter 19 -- Chapter 20 -- Chapter 21 -- Chapter 22 -- Chapter 23 -- Chapter 24 -- Kitabiyat -- About the Author and Translater. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815244803321 |
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Husain (Author) Intizar
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| New Delhi : , : SAGE Publications, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Semiotics of cities, selves, and cultures : explorations in semiotic anthropology / / by Milton Singer
| Semiotics of cities, selves, and cultures : explorations in semiotic anthropology / / by Milton Singer |
| Autore | Singer Milton B. |
| Edizione | [Reprint 2012] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (393 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306/.01 |
| Collana | Approaches to semiotics |
| Soggetto topico |
Culture - Semiotic models
Ethnology - Philosophy Symbolism Cities and towns - United States Cities and towns - India |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 3-11-085775-8 |
| Classificazione | CC 6600 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: On remembering some founding fathers and mothers -- Search for a great tradition in cultural performances -- Yankee City in renaissance -- A semiotic of the city: Purusha and Corbusier's modulor as architectural symbols -- The symbolic and historic structure of an American identity -- The semiotics of the id -- A conversation of cultures: The United States and Southern Asia -- A neglected source of Lévi-Strauss' structuralism: Radcliffe-Brown, Russell, and Whitehead -- Peirce, Malinowski and the emergence of semiotic anthropology -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Backmatter |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464781303321 |
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Singer Milton B.
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| Berlin : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1991 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Semiotics of cities, selves, and cultures : explorations in semiotic anthropology / / by Milton Singer
| Semiotics of cities, selves, and cultures : explorations in semiotic anthropology / / by Milton Singer |
| Autore | Singer Milton B. |
| Edizione | [Reprint 2012] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (393 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306/.01 |
| Collana | Approaches to semiotics |
| Soggetto topico |
Culture - Semiotic models
Ethnology - Philosophy Symbolism Cities and towns - United States Cities and towns - India |
| ISBN | 3-11-085775-8 |
| Classificazione | CC 6600 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: On remembering some founding fathers and mothers -- Search for a great tradition in cultural performances -- Yankee City in renaissance -- A semiotic of the city: Purusha and Corbusier's modulor as architectural symbols -- The symbolic and historic structure of an American identity -- The semiotics of the id -- A conversation of cultures: The United States and Southern Asia -- A neglected source of Lévi-Strauss' structuralism: Radcliffe-Brown, Russell, and Whitehead -- Peirce, Malinowski and the emergence of semiotic anthropology -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Backmatter |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788975403321 |
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Singer Milton B.
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| Berlin : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1991 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Semiotics of cities, selves, and cultures : explorations in semiotic anthropology / / by Milton Singer
| Semiotics of cities, selves, and cultures : explorations in semiotic anthropology / / by Milton Singer |
| Autore | Singer Milton B. |
| Edizione | [Reprint 2012] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (393 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306/.01 |
| Collana | Approaches to semiotics |
| Soggetto topico |
Culture - Semiotic models
Ethnology - Philosophy Symbolism Cities and towns - United States Cities and towns - India |
| ISBN | 3-11-085775-8 |
| Classificazione | CC 6600 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: On remembering some founding fathers and mothers -- Search for a great tradition in cultural performances -- Yankee City in renaissance -- A semiotic of the city: Purusha and Corbusier's modulor as architectural symbols -- The symbolic and historic structure of an American identity -- The semiotics of the id -- A conversation of cultures: The United States and Southern Asia -- A neglected source of Lévi-Strauss' structuralism: Radcliffe-Brown, Russell, and Whitehead -- Peirce, Malinowski and the emergence of semiotic anthropology -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Backmatter |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815878503321 |
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Singer Milton B.
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| Berlin : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1991 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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