A paper by Fiona Marshall (SPRU), Jonathan Dolley (SPRU) and Ritu Priya (South Asia Sustainability Hub) explores how ‘transformative space making’ can contribute to systemic change that supports pro-poor transformations…
How do ‘transformative spaces’ open up possibilities for action?
What would a sustainable city look like?
On Thursday, India announced the first 20 cities to receive funding to become ‘Smart Cities’. It’s a high profile mission to modernise and transform urban infrastructure, especially using digital technologies…
Urban Futures: Background and research questions
This page provides detail of the background and research questions of the project ‘Risks and Responses to Urban Futures’. For a shorter overview, see the project homepage. Urbanisation creates of…
‘Resilience’ and the peri-urban: limitations & potential
A new IDS Briefing looks at the potentials and pitfalls of the use of the ‘resilience agenda’ in talking about the role of the peri-urban space in urban expansion. One…
The Water Cookbook: Bhagwati Prasad’s strange and beautiful illustrations from peri-urban Delhi
I’ve just come across a copy of The Water Cookbook which I was given by Lyla Mehta, produced by part of our project looking at water conflicts in peri-urban Delhi….
New articles: Access to Water in peri-urban India
A new article examining the increasing inequalities around water provision in Delhi by STEPS Centre partner Alankar is published this week. Socio-Spatial Situatedness and Access to Water (Economic & Political Weekly, October 12, 2013 vol…
FILM: “WATER AND JUSTICE” OUT NOW
Our new film, “Water and Justice: Peri-urban pathways in Delhi”, tells the story of three people and their relationship with water in the towns and villages on the edge of…
PERI-URBAN FUTURES AND SUSTAINABILITY
By Pritpal Randhawa, Lyla Mehta and Fiona Marshall The future is increasingly urban. Urbanisation is increasing at the rate of 60 percent by 2030. Alongside this rapid expansion comes the…
INDIAN VILLAGERS FIGHT POOR WATER SERVICES BY DESIGNING THEIR OWN SYSTEMS
By Alankar and Bhagwati from Sarai Some poorer communities on the fringes of cities in India don’t get the best access to water, either because they’re not covered, or only…
WHAT DOES PERI-URBAN SUSTAINABILITY MEAN IN THE CONTEXT OF DELHI?
By FIONA MARSHALL, STEPS Centre member At a recent workshop in Delhi, academics and civil society groups discussed the STEPS Centre peri-urban sustainability project, as part of a joint workshop…