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Urban villager : life in an Indian satellite town / Vandana Vasudevan.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New Delhi : SAGE, [2013]Description: x, 278 pages ; illustrations, maps: 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9788132113096 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.76/80954/2 23
Contents:
Part 1. Whose land is it anyway? -- part 2. The impact of acquisition -- part 3. New owners of an old land -- part 4. The schizophrenia of the peri-urban town -- part 5. Growth pangs of young towns.
Summary: Presents a detailed representation of the life of an 'urban villager' in a modern satellite town of India. This title describes how Delhi, as a city, is growing radially, stretching its way into the rural fringes of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh that border the city to form the National Capital Region.
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Includes bibliographical references.

Part 1. Whose land is it anyway? -- part 2. The impact of acquisition -- part 3. New owners of an old land -- part 4. The schizophrenia of the peri-urban town -- part 5. Growth pangs of young towns.

Presents a detailed representation of the life of an 'urban villager' in a modern satellite town of India. This title describes how Delhi, as a city, is growing radially, stretching its way into the rural fringes of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh that border the city to form the National Capital Region.

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