
Rivers, Cities and People
Social Challenges of Urban Waterfront Development in Asia
Routledge India (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 6. May 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
230 pages
978-1-032-99313-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book looks at recent initiatives for river restoration and riverfront development intended to contribute to making Asian cities resilient, inclusive and less polluted. It uses an interdisciplinary perspective to assert that insufficient consideration of social issues in the planning and management of urban riverscapes leads to social exclusion. Utilising diverse entry points and theoretical orientations, every chapter of the volume contributes to the exploration of the way urban river restoration is entwined with questions around urban citizenship, violation of international housing rights, poverty and vulnerability, livelihoods and the use of common property resources. It explores the social aspects of well-known cases and examples of river restoration projects from Asian megacities such as Lahore, Dhaka, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bangkok, Manila and secondary cities in India. While touching on the technical, ecological and recreational aspects of urban river restoration and riverfront development, the book focuses on social issues related to displacement, contestations around land and water, the right to adequate housing and the interconnected rights to livelihoods, health and food security.
Enriched with empirical evidence and theoretical underpinnings, this book will be useful for students, teachers and researchers of urban studies, urban geography, urban planning, urban ecology, sociology, community development and policy and governance. It will also provide valuable case material for practitioners in those disciplines.
Enriched with empirical evidence and theoretical underpinnings, this book will be useful for students, teachers and researchers of urban studies, urban geography, urban planning, urban ecology, sociology, community development and policy and governance. It will also provide valuable case material for practitioners in those disciplines.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Illustrations
36 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 15 s/w Tabellen, 36 s/w Abbildungen
15 Tables, black and white; 36 Halftones, black and white; 36 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
383 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-99313-3 (9781032993133)
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Maartje Van Eerd | Banashree Banerjee
Rivers, Cities and People
Social Challenges of Urban Waterfront Development in Asia
E-Book
05/2025
CRC Press
€55.49
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Maartje Van Eerd | Banashree Banerjee
Rivers, Cities and People
Social Challenges of Urban Waterfront Development in Asia
E-Book
05/2025
CRC Press
€55.49
Available for download

Maartje Van Eerd | Banashree Banerjee
Rivers, Cities and People
Social Challenges of Urban Waterfront Development in Asia
Book
05/2025
1st Edition
Routledge India
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Persons
Maartje van Eerd is Assistant Professor and Senior Specialist in Housing and Social Development, the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Banashree Banerjee is Senior Specialist in Housing and Urban Management, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Banashree Banerjee is Senior Specialist in Housing and Urban Management, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Content
Chapter 1 Introduction Part 1: Different cities, distinct rivers, similar social challenges Chapter 2 The Promise of One Safe Future for the Oplan Likas Resettled Families of Metro Manila Chapter 3 A Tale of Two Cities: Restoration of Bangkok's Waterways in a "Post-Amphibious" Setting Chapter 4 Social and Environmental Impacts of Urbanization in Indian Non-Metros: Evidence from Tamil Nadu Chapter 5 Learning from Urban Riverfront Development: Revisiting the Sabarmati Model Chapter 6 The River as Habitat: The Ravi as a Site of Collaboration between People, Ecologies, and Human Agency Chapter 7 Revitalization of the Blue Network of Dhaka: Social Responsibility of Planning Approaches and Practices Part 2: River restoration and waterfront development in Chennai Chapter 8 An Introduction to Forced Evictions along Rivers in Chennai and its impacts on women and children Chapter 9 Where is the river? How a depoliticized restructuring of riverfront land uses builds differentiated entitlements and benefits from land resources Chapter 10 Mapping the information and communication lacunae in river front development induced evictions and resettlement in Chennai