Urban villager : life in an Indian satellite town /
Vandana Vasudevan.
- x, 278 pages ; illustrations, maps: 23 cm
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.
9788132113096 (hardback : alk. paper)
2013031161
Country life--India--Noida. New towns--India--Noida. Urbanization--India--Noida.