1st Edition
Rivers, Cities and People Social Challenges of Urban Waterfront Development in Asia
List of Tables
List of Figures
Preface and acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
Banashree Banerjee and Maartje van Eerd
Part 1: Different cities, distinct rivers, similar social challenges
Chapter 2 The Promise of One Safe Future for the Oplan Likas Resettled Families of Metro Manila
Melissa Quetulio-Navarra
Chapter 3 A Tale of Two Cities: Restoration of Bangkok’s Waterways in a “Post-Amphibious” Setting
Paul Rabé and Kittima Leeruttanawisut
Chapter 4 Social and Environmental Impacts of Urbanization in Indian Non-Metros: Evidence from Tamil Nadu
Bhuvaneswari Raman
Chapter 5 Learning from Urban Riverfront Development: Revisiting the Sabarmati Model
Kirtee Shah and Keya Kunte
Chapter 6 The River as Habitat: The Ravi as a Site of Collaboration between People, Ecologies, and Human Agency
Rabia Ezdi and Mishele Ijaz
Chapter 7 Revitalization of the Blue Network of Dhaka: Social Responsibility of Planning Approaches and Practices
Neelopal Adri and Fahmida I. Aumi
Part 2: River restoration and waterfront development in Chennai
Chapter 8 An Introduction to Forced Evictions along Rivers in Chennai and its impacts on women and children
Vanessa Peter
Chapter 9 Where is the river? How a depoliticized restructuring of riverfront land uses builds differentiated entitlements and benefits from land resources
Ahmed Tarek Alahwal
Chapter 10 Mapping the information and communication lacunae in river front development induced evictions and resettlement in Chennai
Sunitha Donbosco and Maartje van Eerd
Index
Biography
Maartje van Eerd is Assistant Professor and Senior Specialist in Housing and Social Development, the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Banashree Banerjee is Senior Specialist in Housing and Urban Management, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
