About the Book

The book attempts to offer an in-depth understanding of urbanization in India from socio-spatial perspectives. The chapters are variedly oriented in discussing various problems of urbanization, suggesting sustainable solutions to some of the potent problems, and highlighting the changes that urbanism has brought to the daily lives of individuals. This book therefore offers a kaleidoscopic view of urbanization in India and propounds some stimulating reads on unexplored dimensions of the process.

Contents

1 Urbanization in India: A Study of Sociological Implications, Environment, and Costs l Suresh Kumar Gigoo and Amit Kumar Soni

2 The Rise of the Creative Class in Urban India l Anirban Mukherjee

3 Micro-Analysis of Smart Urbanization in India l Udai Bhan Singh and N.K. Singh

4 Geospatial Technologies for Various Urban Applications l Susham Biswas

5 Contextualizing ‘Urban Governance’ in Modern India: The Space for ‘Citizens’ l Pradip Kumar Parida

6 Popularizing Urban Geospatial Studies in an Academically Deficient Curriculum l Suddhasheel Ghosh

7 Urbanizing in India and Schemes to Implement Electric Vehicles l Subhankar Mazumdar

8 City Gas Distribution (CGD) in Smart Cities l Sayandeep Chandra

9 Study of Noise Pollution in Indian Cities Around the Flyovers l Susham Biswas, Anirban Mukherjee, Shruti Bhardwaj, Athar Ullah, Saurabh Tiwary, Sushant Bajpai and Md. Iltaf Zafar

About the Author / Editor

Anirban Mukherjee is currently serving as Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum University (RGIPT), Uttar Pradesh. Prior to his engagement at RGIPT, he served as an Assistant Professor at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Uttarakhand. Dr Mukherjee has completed his doctoral research from Kansas State University, USA and his areas of research interest include migration and diaspora studies, urban sociology, and sociology of development. He has published many research papers in international peer-reviewed journals and delivered invited talks in various national and international conferences.

Susham Biswas is Associate Professor and Head of Computer Science and Engineering Department at RGIPT. He specializes in Geo-Informatics Engg. and holds a Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur. He focuses on digitalization and the processing of geospatial data for extraction of features using AI/ML techniques for deriving various urban applications of energy, and environment. He has significant industrial, teaching and research experience. He has published several papers in national and international journals and peer-reviewed conferences. He has won many accolades including receiving the prestigious international award of Silver Medal at the ISPRS Congress (International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing).