Urban Governance in China and India: Deconstructing issues of Land Grabs, Slum Clearance, and the War on Air Pollution
The State of Cities- #CityConversations with Dr Xuefei Ren on Urban Governance in China and India: Deconstructing issues of Land Grabs, Slum Clearance, and the War on Air Pollution.
Greetings from Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI), New Delhi!
On behalf of Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS), IMPRI, New Delhi and Indrastra Global invite you to
The State of Cities – #CityConversations
Details of the #WebPolicyTalk:
Date: January 07, 2021; Thursday
Time: 20:30 IST (Indian) / 09:00 CST (Chicago)
Platform: Zoom and Facebook Live
Speaker:
Dr Xuefei Ren, Professor, Sociology and Global Urban Studies, Michigan State University
Xuefei Ren is a professor of sociology and global urban studies at Michigan State University. Her work focuses on urban development, governance, architecture, and the built environment in global perspective. She is the author of Governing the Urban in China and India (Princeton University Press, 2020), Urban China (Polity Press, 2013), and Building Globalization: Transnational Architecture Production in Urban China (University of Chicago Press, 2011). She received her MA in urban planning from Tokyo Metropolitan University and PhD in Sociology from the University of Chicago. She lives in Hyde Park, Chicago. Author webpage: https://sociology.msu.edu/directory/ren-xuefei.html
Moderator:
Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Associate Professor, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan; Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Registration and Facebook Live Link for Urban Governance in China and India: Deconstructing issues of Land Grabs, Slum Clearance, and the War on Air Pollution
About the Talk
Urban Governance in China and India: Deconstructing issues of Land Grabs, Slum Clearance, and the War on Air Pollution
Xuefei Ren
Urbanization is rapidly overtaking China and India, the two most populous countries in the world. One-sixth of humanity now lives in either a Chinese or Indian city. This transformation has unleashed enormous pressures on land use, housing, and the environment. Despite the stakes, the workings of urban governance in China and India remain obscure and poorly understood. Xuefei Ren will talk about her new book Governing the Urban in China and India (Princeton University Press, 2020), and discuss how the different styles of governance in the two countries have produced inequality and exclusion.
Book link: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691203393/governing-the-urban-in-china-and-india
PowerPoint Presentation:
YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/pIheWv6nGvw
Facebook Live Video: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=external&v=211484090624973
Media Coverage:
- Urban Governance in China and India, IndraStra Global
- Land Grabs, Slum Clearance, Air Pollution: Urban Governance In China And India, Youth Ki Awaaz
Additional Details
Registration email/URL - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kMxMTmYeRIidxUm55OvoYw
Registration Deadline Time - 12:00 AM
Organizer
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