Raju, K V and Ravindra, A and Manasi, S and Smitha, K C and Srinivasan, R (2018) Urban Environmental Governance in India: Browsing Bengaluru. The Urban Book Series . Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-73467-5
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This book aims to identify the challenges presented by current urban environmental governance practices in fast growing Indian cities, to propose changes to the current governance implementation strategies, and to explore the best practices to achieve sustainable urban models through Indian and global perspectives. With a focus on the city of Bengaluru, the book draws on extensive reviews of literature and data to present current trends and statuses of environmental resource use in growing urban centres of India.The book analyzes the situations that impact urban environmental governance decisions and outcomes and proposes solutions to address these issues for long-term sustainability. Policy makers, researchers, academics and development practitioners in environmental politics and urban governance will find this work of great interest. The book starts by examining different urban environmental threats on global and domestic levels, and provides evidence for the effectiveness of sustainable efforts to curb the impact of crisis-like scenarios. Then the book discusses the role of institutional regimes in influencing urban environmental outcomes through policies, and analyzes the role of various actors in the evolution of urban environmental governance from a legal perspective at global and local scales. In the final chapters, the book explores the trends and status of environmental resource management in Bangalore Metropolitan Area (BMA), and examines the dynamics of local institutions and governance structures for regulating environmental governance for promoting effective sustainable environmental governance in Bengaluru.
| Item Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| Divisions: | Research Program : Asia |
| CRP: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Series Name: | The Urban Book Series |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Urban Environmental Governance, India, Urban Environment Laws, Governance Structures, Bengaluru, Governance Models, Metropolitan Cities |
| Subjects: | Others |
| Depositing User: | Mr Ramesh K |
| Date Deposited: | 10 May 2018 03:15 |
| Last Modified: | 10 May 2018 03:15 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/10647 |
| Acknowledgement: | UNSPECIFIED |
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