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Kolkata - the colonial city in transition : reflections in geographies of urban India / edited by Sumana Bandyopadhyay.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2022Description: xxxvi, 356 pages : maps (black and white, and color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781032667676 (hbk.)
  • 9781032072203 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 307.76 BAN 022221
Contents:
Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introducing Kolkata: A Quaint Window to the Global South -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I Rethinking Histories of Space-Place-People -- 1 From Colonial City to Globalizing City?: The Far-From-Complete Spatial Transformation of Calcutta: An Update after 25 Years -- 2 Envisioning a Sustainable Future for Kolkata: Making a Case for Heritage-led Urban Regeneration -- 3 Urban Displacement in Kolkata: A Historical Appraisal
Summary: This book explores the spatial characteristics of the city of Kolkata in India and the socio-political and physio-climatological events and processes that impact its transformation. It examines key issues in urban geography through the study of the city, and outlines its physical, economic, social, political, and environmental aspects.
List(s) this item appears in: New Collection_December 2024
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Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introducing Kolkata: A Quaint Window to the Global South -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I Rethinking Histories of Space-Place-People -- 1 From Colonial City to Globalizing City?: The Far-From-Complete Spatial Transformation of Calcutta: An Update after 25 Years -- 2 Envisioning a Sustainable Future for Kolkata: Making a Case for Heritage-led Urban Regeneration -- 3 Urban Displacement in Kolkata: A Historical Appraisal

This book explores the spatial characteristics of the city of Kolkata in India and the socio-political and physio-climatological events and processes that impact its transformation. It examines key issues in urban geography through the study of the city, and outlines its physical, economic, social, political, and environmental aspects.

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