Local environmentalism in peri-urban spaces in India: emergent ecological democracy?

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Local environmentalism in peri-urban spaces in India: emergent ecological democracy? [1]

This paper explores the potential of a range of peri-urban environmentalisms to come together in support of sustainable urbanisation. The present-day ‘urban,’ along with the dominant planning visions of urbanisation, lack in inclusivity, deliberative democracy, grassroots innovations, and bottom-up processes of knowledge generation. To sustainably transform this scenario, there is a need for the participation of various sections of citizens, who should be seen not just as subjects of planning, but as creators of a planning framework that emerges from both contestations and innovations in everyday living.

Publication Date:

01/07/2017

Author(s): Ritu Priya [2], Ramila Bisht [3], Pritpal Randhawa [4], & et al [5]

Source: STEPS Centre [6]

Tags:

Urban Environment [7], Urbanisation [8], India [9], Ghaziabad (T) [10], Delhi [11], Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) [12], Agriculture [13], Ecology [14], Industrial Pollution [15], Hindon [16], River Basin [17]

Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/local-environmentalism-peri-urban-spaces-india-emergent-ecological-democracy

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