Global Urbanisation Experiences
Rumi Aijaz (Ed.)
About the Book
Urban experts from Austria, China, Colombia, Germany, India, UK and USA, share in this book, practical knowledge and experience of urbanisation.
The volume comprises an editorial introduction followed by 10 papers contributed by experts on important urban topics such as city planning and design, transport system, world city network, energy management, and social exclusion. The book also features a concise bibliography of urban studies.
It is expected that the information provided in this publication would help in exploring options and opportunities for the creation of habitable and sustainable urban centres.
About the Author(s) / Editor(s)
Rumi Aijaz is Senior Fellow at the ORF, New Delhi, India. His educational qualifications include a Master’s in Geography (JNU, 1992), Regional Planning (SPA, 1994) and PhD in Urban Governance (SPA, 2004). He has been a post-doctoral visiting fellow at the Asia Research Centre, LSE (2006). He is also an associate member of the Institute of Town Planners, India. He has worked with the NGO Sanket (1994-95) and the National Institute of Urban Affairs (1996-1999 and 2004-05). He has also undertaken a study on gender for the Royal Netherlands Embassy (1996-97). During his education and professional career, he has been involved in numerous studies covering a range of social science topics such as socio-economic and human development, ecology and physical environment, small scale industries, women empowerment, public health, transportation and urbanisation. His writings and views have found place in leading world journals, and acknowledged by prominent Indian and foreign institutions and news agencies.
Contributors
Andrej Holm is Research Fellow, Department of Urban and Regional Sociology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
Paul Kennedy is Corporate Energy Manager, City Surveyor’s Department, City of London Corporation, London, United Kingdom.
Hermann Knoflacher is Professor Emeritus, Institute for Transport Planning and Technology, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.
Stefan Krätke is Chair of Economic and Social Geography, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany.
Eduardo Samper is Professor (Art Faculty), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
Jayshree Sengupta is a Senior Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi, India.
Ulrich Schachtschneider, Freelance Author, Energy Advisor and Trainer, Oldenburg, Germany, is an active member of the discussion group “Sustainability”, of RLS.
Raymond J. Struyk is former Senior Fellow, International Projects Department, National Opinion Research Center (NORC), University of Chicago, Bethesda, Maryland (MD), USA.
Yue Wu is Director, Tongji University Center for Urban Development Studies, and Principal, Design Future Studio, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Contents in Detail
List of Tables and Figures
About the Conference Organisers
About the Editor/Contributors
1. Editorial Introduction
Rumi Aijaz
2. Bogotá: Recent Urban Transformations and
Visions for its Future
Eduardo Samper
3. Challenges and Strategies for China’s Next Stage of Urban
Development: Researches and Practices in Shanghai and Huangyuan
Yue Wu
4. Sustainable Cities and the Transport System
Hermann Knoflacher
5. Expanding Transport Networks for Urban and Regional
Development: A Study of the National Capital Region in India
Rumi Aijaz
6. The Contemporary Structure of the World City Network:
How Industries Connect Cities across the World
Stefan Krätke
7. Meeting UK Government’s 80% CO2 Reduction Target
in Local Authority Corporate Estate
Paul Kennedy
8. Energy Transition Policies in Europe and their Social Impact
Ulrich Schachtschneider
9. Addressing the Ultimate Urban Exclusion: Slums
Raymond J. Struyk
10. India’s Rapid Urbanisation and Exclusion of the Poor
Jayshree Sengupta
11. Excluded Berlin: Housing at the Margins of Urban Citizenship
Andrej Holm
Bibliography of Urban Studies
| Publisher | AF Press |
| Publication Date | 2013 |
| Number of Pages | 230 |
| ISBN |
9789332700130 |
Academic Foundation (AF), based in New Delhi, is India’s leading independent publisher of academic/scholarly books in Social Sciences, specialising in Economics—Development Economics and Indian Economy in particular, and allied subjects.
About the Book
Urban experts from Austria, China, Colombia, Germany, India, UK and USA, share in this book, practical knowledge and experience of urbanisation.
The volume comprises an editorial introduction followed by 10 papers contributed by experts on important urban topics such as city planning and design, transport system, world city network, energy management, and social exclusion. The book also features a concise bibliography of urban studies.
It is expected that the information provided in this publication would help in exploring options and opportunities for the creation of habitable and sustainable urban centres.
About the Author(s) / Editor(s)
Rumi Aijaz is Senior Fellow at the ORF, New Delhi, India. His educational qualifications include a Master’s in Geography (JNU, 1992), Regional Planning (SPA, 1994) and PhD in Urban Governance (SPA, 2004). He has been a post-doctoral visiting fellow at the Asia Research Centre, LSE (2006). He is also an associate member of the Institute of Town Planners, India. He has worked with the NGO Sanket (1994-95) and the National Institute of Urban Affairs (1996-1999 and 2004-05). He has also undertaken a study on gender for the Royal Netherlands Embassy (1996-97). During his education and professional career, he has been involved in numerous studies covering a range of social science topics such as socio-economic and human development, ecology and physical environment, small scale industries, women empowerment, public health, transportation and urbanisation. His writings and views have found place in leading world journals, and acknowledged by prominent Indian and foreign institutions and news agencies.
Contributors
Andrej Holm is Research Fellow, Department of Urban and Regional Sociology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
Paul Kennedy is Corporate Energy Manager, City Surveyor’s Department, City of London Corporation, London, United Kingdom.
Hermann Knoflacher is Professor Emeritus, Institute for Transport Planning and Technology, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.
Stefan Krätke is Chair of Economic and Social Geography, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany.
Eduardo Samper is Professor (Art Faculty), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
Jayshree Sengupta is a Senior Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi, India.
Ulrich Schachtschneider, Freelance Author, Energy Advisor and Trainer, Oldenburg, Germany, is an active member of the discussion group “Sustainability”, of RLS.
Raymond J. Struyk is former Senior Fellow, International Projects Department, National Opinion Research Center (NORC), University of Chicago, Bethesda, Maryland (MD), USA.
Yue Wu is Director, Tongji University Center for Urban Development Studies, and Principal, Design Future Studio, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Contents in Detail
List of Tables and Figures
About the Conference Organisers
About the Editor/Contributors
1. Editorial Introduction
Rumi Aijaz
2. Bogotá: Recent Urban Transformations and
Visions for its Future
Eduardo Samper
3. Challenges and Strategies for China’s Next Stage of Urban
Development: Researches and Practices in Shanghai and Huangyuan
Yue Wu
4. Sustainable Cities and the Transport System
Hermann Knoflacher
5. Expanding Transport Networks for Urban and Regional
Development: A Study of the National Capital Region in India
Rumi Aijaz
6. The Contemporary Structure of the World City Network:
How Industries Connect Cities across the World
Stefan Krätke
7. Meeting UK Government’s 80% CO2 Reduction Target
in Local Authority Corporate Estate
Paul Kennedy
8. Energy Transition Policies in Europe and their Social Impact
Ulrich Schachtschneider
9. Addressing the Ultimate Urban Exclusion: Slums
Raymond J. Struyk
10. India’s Rapid Urbanisation and Exclusion of the Poor
Jayshree Sengupta
11. Excluded Berlin: Housing at the Margins of Urban Citizenship
Andrej Holm
Bibliography of Urban Studies
| Publisher | AF Press |
| Publication Date | 2013 |
| Number of Pages | 230 |
| ISBN |
9789332700130 |
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