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

By:

Vasudevan, Vandana

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)

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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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	Main	RTC Library Main opac		Main TEST		307.76 VAS					Available			30012266

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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.