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Book Review: Eric Denis and Marie-Hélène Zérah (Eds), Subaltern Urbanisation in India: An Introduction to the Dynamics of Ordinary Towns, Exploring Urban Change in South Asia

Book Review: Eric Denis and Marie-Hélène Zérah (Eds), Subaltern Urbanisation in India: An... Environment and Urbanization AsiA Book Reviews 9(1) 107–112 © 2018 National institute of Urban Affairs (NiUA) sAGE Publications sagepub.in/home.nav DOi: 10.1177/0975425317748536 http://journals.sagepub.com/home/eua Eric Denis and Marie-Hélène Zérah (Eds), Subaltern Urbanisation in India: An Introduction to the Dynamics of Ordinary Towns, Exploring Urban Change in South Asia (New Delhi: Springer India), 2017. 614 + xxxvi pp. `8349. (ISBN: 978-81-332-3614-6). Contemporary conceptions within academia, policy makers and the popular imagination seem to be preoccupied with the dichotomy of the rural–urban divide. The ‘urban’ is further delimited in its metro- politan vision as evidenced by the current focus on Smart Cities mission, or the recently concluded Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), apart from various state-level initia- tives for infrastructural planning in existing urban areas. This vision is in sync with most developing countries that mirror similar planning initiatives and research that is focused on metropolitan growth. While these initiatives to revive and sustain urban growth took shape in the last decade, there was another unnoticed transformation of the ‘urban’ in India alongside China and South America. The 2011 census recorded a growth of census towns from 1,352 to 2,894 in its decadal analysis; this indicates a growth of 2,774 statutory http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Environment and Urbanization ASIA SAGE

Book Review: Eric Denis and Marie-Hélène Zérah (Eds), Subaltern Urbanisation in India: An Introduction to the Dynamics of Ordinary Towns, Exploring Urban Change in South Asia

Parkar, Khaliq
Environment and Urbanization ASIA , Volume 9 (1): 4 – Mar 1, 2018
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Environment and Urbanization AsiA Book Reviews 9(1) 107–112 © 2018 National institute of Urban Affairs (NiUA) sAGE Publications sagepub.in/home.nav DOi: 10.1177/0975425317748536 http://journals.sagepub.com/home/eua Eric Denis and Marie-Hélène Zérah (Eds), Subaltern Urbanisation in India: An Introduction to the Dynamics of Ordinary Towns, Exploring Urban Change in South Asia (New Delhi: Springer India), 2017. 614 + xxxvi pp. `8349. (ISBN: 978-81-332-3614-6). Contemporary conceptions within academia, policy makers and the popular imagination seem to be preoccupied with the dichotomy of the rural–urban divide. The ‘urban’ is further delimited in its metro- politan vision as evidenced by the current focus on Smart Cities mission, or the recently concluded Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), apart from various state-level initia- tives for infrastructural planning in existing urban areas. This vision is in sync with most developing countries that mirror similar planning initiatives and research that is focused on metropolitan growth. While these initiatives to revive and sustain urban growth took shape in the last decade, there was another unnoticed transformation of the ‘urban’ in India alongside China and South America. The 2011 census recorded a growth of census towns from 1,352 to 2,894 in its decadal analysis; this indicates a growth of 2,774 statutory

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