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Urbanisation
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ISSN (Print) 2455-7471 - ISSN (Online) 2456-3714
Published by Sage Publications

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  Pages: 131 - 132
  Abstract: Urbanisation, Volume 6, Issue 2, Page 131-132, November 2021.
  
  Citation: Urbanisation
  PubDate: 2021-12-13T04:53:28Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24557471211066207
  Issue No: Vol. 6, No. 2 (2021)
Tribes at the Margin of Tribal Space: Urban Socio-Spatial Exclusion
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  Authors: Bipin Kumar, Vijay Kumar Baraik
  Pages: 145 - 164
  Abstract: Urbanisation, Volume 6, Issue 2, Page 145-164, November 2021.
  Unlike the cities of the global North, where poor indigenous communities are primarily immigrants attracted to cities to secure better livelihoods, the tribals of Jharkhand in urban spaces are mostly ‘original inhabitants’. In Ranchi, their original state has been increasingly dwindled or marginalised and led to a dialectical process of socio-spatial poverty traps. This study attempts to understand the socio-spatial integration of the tribal community within Ranchi city through the identification of tribal toponymy and the patterns of clustering and concentration vis-à-vis the process of land association and dissociation. Further, it brings together the attributes of such a produced spatiality. Location Quotient, based on secondary data, and Key Informant Interviews with field observations are applied to measure the tribal concentration and the processes of spatiality, respectively. The findings present a dismal picture, where the tribals mostly find themselves at the margins of the city space, especially in the core-inner city and the microperipheral localities. The continuous inflow of outsiders, the issue of land rights and land alienation, the pattern of socio-spatial clustering and disadvantages, and the dynamics of tribal identity associations are all integrally connected in perpetuating tribals’ urban spatial exclusion and thereby their socio-spatial segregation.
  Citation: Urbanisation
  PubDate: 2021-12-13T04:53:29Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24557471211059986
  Issue No: Vol. 6, No. 2 (2021)
Three Questions: Amlanjyoti Goswami with Sudhir Patwardhan
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  Authors: Sudhir Patwardhan
  Pages: 172 - 179
  Abstract: Urbanisation, Volume 6, Issue 2, Page 172-179, November 2021.
  
  Citation: Urbanisation
  PubDate: 2021-12-13T04:53:28Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24557471211047115
  Issue No: Vol. 6, No. 2 (2021)
Three Questions: Amlanjyoti Goswami with Natalie Linh Bolderston
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  Authors: Natalie Linh Bolderston
  Pages: 180 - 184
  Abstract: Urbanisation, Volume 6, Issue 2, Page 180-184, November 2021.
  
  Citation: Urbanisation
  PubDate: 2021-12-13T04:53:28Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24557471211047112
  Issue No: Vol. 6, No. 2 (2021)
Greening Cities from Within: Generating Ecosystem Services Where We Live
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  Authors: Jagdish Krishnaswamy
  Abstract: Urbanisation, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Urbanisation
  PubDate: 2021-11-18T02:24:24Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24557471211047302
Swachh Survekshan Needs to Clean up its Methodology: An Assessment of
Ranks as Performance Incentives for Indian Cities
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  Authors: Karnamadakala Rahul Sharma
  First page: 133
  Abstract: Urbanisation, Ahead of Print.
  The Government of India is increasingly using ranks to incentivise sub-units of government. The largest such exercise, the Swachh Survekshan, has been conducted since 2016 and aims to incentivise cities to compete on and improve waste management and sanitation outcomes. Using publicly available Swachh Survekshan data, this article suggests that the current scoring methodology provides weak signals to urban local bodies (ULBs) and citizens on performance metrics. In particular, it shows that the ranks are not consistent and stable across years, there are severe discrepancies in data between components of the awarded score, and that the current methodology favours larger cities. Caution must be exercised, therefore, in interpreting the current methodology as fostering competition. More crucially, a ranking exercise is unlikely to succeed as a policy tool unless it is implemented as one component of a broader effort to improve ULB capacity on managing administrative data.
  Citation: Urbanisation
  PubDate: 2021-10-26T12:21:21Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24557471211041511
Book review: Amita Baviskar, Uncivil City: Ecology, Equity and the Commons
in Delhi
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  Authors: Ajmal Khan A. T.
  First page: 165
  Abstract: Urbanisation, Ahead of Print.
  Amita Baviskar, Uncivil City: Ecology, Equity and the Commons in Delhi. SAGE Publications, 2020, 300 pp., ₹1,195. ISBN: 9789353289409.
  Citation: Urbanisation
  PubDate: 2021-11-14T04:24:39Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24557471211047442
Book review: Adam Auerbach, Demanding Development: The Politics of Public
Goods Provision in India’s Urban Slums
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  Authors: Chinmay Tumbe
  First page: 167
  Abstract: Urbanisation, Ahead of Print.
  Adam Auerbach, Demanding Development: The Politics of Public Goods Provision in India’s Urban Slums. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020, 328pp., $34.99. ISBN: 1108491936 (hardcover). ISBN: 9781108741330 (paperback).
  Citation: Urbanisation
  PubDate: 2021-11-14T04:24:20Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24557471211044385
Engaging City Residents in Climate Action: Addressing the Personal and
Group Value-Base Behind Residents’ Climate Actions
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  Authors: Thijs Bouman, Linda Steg
  Abstract: Urbanisation, Ahead of Print.
  Cities can play a pivotal role in accelerating climate action, that is, climate mitigation and adaption. Yet, the success of cities’ climate strategies strongly depends on the cities’ residents, who often have to accept, adopt, undertake and participate in climate actions. This article discusses how a better understanding of city residents’ motives—particularly the personal and group values that underlie their climate actions—could foster climate action in cities. Importantly, it engages with the rich literature in the social sciences on personal values, which—though typically overlooked by policy makers—highlights the relevance of focussing on personal biospheric values (i.e., caring about nature and the environment) in explaining and promoting residents’ climate actions. Additionally, the article provides novel insights into how perceived biospheric group values (i.e., the extent to which relevant groups are perceived to endorse biospheric values) can strengthen the value-base for climate actions, particularly among those residents who weakly endorse biospheric values. Critically, it provides concrete examples of how cities can strengthen the group value-base for climate actions, thereby showing how cities can play a unique role in engaging residents in climate action.
  Citation: Urbanisation
  PubDate: 2020-11-26T05:37:48Z
  DOI: 10.1177/2455747120965197
The State of City Diplomacy
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  Authors: Ian Klaus
  Abstract: Urbanisation, Ahead of Print.
  Cities have organised into a global collective voice. Doing so has required diplomatic maturation and resulted in new diplomatic standing. Both these developments will be tested with the return of great power politics.
  Citation: Urbanisation
  PubDate: 2020-05-21T04:47:44Z
  DOI: 10.1177/2455747120913186
Towards Green and Low-Carbon Development in Chinese Cities
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  Authors: Meian Chen, Li Yang, Min Hu, Diego Montero
  Abstract: Urbanisation, Ahead of Print.
  This article presents an indicator system called Low-Carbon and Green Index for Cities (LOGIC) that evaluates the performance of Chinese cities in terms of low-carbon development and identifies areas for improvement. This system issues a score ranging from 0 to 100, with a higher score indicating a better performance in lower carbon growth within a specified time period. LOGIC was applied to a sample of 115 Chinese cities representing a diverse range of population sizes, income levels, geographies and stages of economic and urban growth between 2010 and 2015. The results of this study indicate that these cities have made progress in green and low-carbon development. In addition, more than 90 of the 115 sampled cities experienced GDP growth alongside LOGIC score growth over the selected period, showing that green and low-carbon goals are not antithetical to good economic performance. The average overall index score for all 115 Chinese cities in 2015 was 44.9 out of 100, reflecting China’s heavy reliance on coal and its energy-intensive economy. Low-carbon pilot cities had an average overall index score of 47.0 in 2015 compared to an average of 42.9 for non-pilot cities. These LOGIC results suggest that transforming city economies away from energy-intensive towards high-tech and service industries could facilitate their low-carbon and green growth. This article uses the city of Wuhan as a case study to illustrate the application of LOGIC and its utility in assessing city-level low-carbon efforts.
  Citation: Urbanisation
  PubDate: 2020-05-15T05:19:58Z
  DOI: 10.1177/2455747120918702
Urban Climate Politics in Emerging Economies: A Multi-Level Governance
Perspective
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  Authors: Fee Stehle, Thomas Hickmann, Markus Lederer, Chris Höhne
  Abstract: Urbanisation, Ahead of Print.
  Several scholars have pointed to the increasing salience of cities in the global endeavour to reduce dangerous climate change to 1.5°C. However, we still lack systematic comparative analyses on how urban climate initiatives evolve in different political-administrative systems of countries in the Global South and what role transnational city networks play in that context. This question is specifically important with regard to the role of cities in contributing to reaching the targets of the Paris Agreement. Against this backdrop, this article explores the vertical and horizontal integration of cities’ climate actions in the multi-level climate governance landscapes in Brazil, India, Indonesia and South Africa. We contend that while transnational city networks provide significant support to cities in some cases, their tools and practices can only reach their full potential where they encounter committed local administrations and when they are not constrained by domestic political-administrative and economic factors.
  Citation: Urbanisation
  PubDate: 2020-05-13T02:45:40Z
  DOI: 10.1177/2455747120913185