In the city, out of place : nuisance, pollution, and dwelling in Delhi, c.1850-2000  /
Sharan, Awadhendra B.,author.
This book is a contemporary history of environmental issues in Delhi. It traces the journey from the engagement with sanitary matters in the nineteenth century to issues of air and water pollution, waste and toxicity in contemporary Delhi. Matters of environmental improvement, it suggests, are synchronous in Indian cities rather than being separated in time and space, making them distinct from cities of the global North.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontispiece -- Dedication -- Maps -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter One Contaminated Flows -- Chapter Two Nuisance and Offensive Trades -- Chapter Three Congestion and Chaos -- Chapter Four Pollution -- Postscript -- Glossary -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index -- About the Author
This book is a contemporary history of environmental issues in Delhi. It traces the journey from the engagement with sanitary matters in the nineteenth century to issues of air and water pollution, waste and toxicity in contemporary Delhi. Matters of environmental improvement, it suggests, are synchronous in Indian cities rather than being separated in time and space, making them distinct from cities of the global North.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 28, 2014).
Environmental health
Environmental health