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Échanges avec Gopa Samanta : Études urbaines et de genre en Asie du Sud
No full textLe 23 mars après-midi, Gopa Samanta, professeure de géographie à l’Université de Burdwan en Inde (West Bengal), invitée sur la chaire Genre et Égalité de l’Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, en accueil au Cessma, animera une session du séminaire « Échanges avec » du GIS Asie. Le thème traité sera « Études urbaines et de genre en Asie du Sud. » Elle fera des retours sur leurs travaux aux doctorants ou jeunes docteurs qui le souhaitent (les séances se tiennent en anglais et le principe est 15 mi..
How do the poor handle money? What do the financial diaries of char dwellers tell us about financial inclusion?
Full text linkDerived from livelihoods surveys and ethnographic material about people living on the chars, or river islands, in deltaic lower Bengal, this paper illustrates the complex, diverse and ingenious ways that the poor manage money. These islands constitute some of the most vulnerable housing locations of some of the poorest communities; state services and facilities do not reach the chars because they are not listed as land in revenue records. It demonstrates that the poor live in a diverse economy where community spirit, family assistance and trust play roles equally important to markets. In doing so, it puts forth a grounded-in-the-field, evidence-based, critique of the slogan ‘financial inclusion’ that has gained prominence in recent years
Urban territories, rural governance
No full textBy Gopa Samanta in infochange (full text here) West Bengal has the highest number of census towns among all the Indian states -- with 528 villages reclassified as such in the last decade -- but only 127 urban local bodies. The slow process of municipalisation means that most census towns, especially those with fast-growing industry, mining and commercial enterprises, are urban areas governed by gram panchayats. Such urban territories can become unregulated free-for-alls, with low taxes but ha..
The Politics of Classification and the Complexity of Governance in Census Towns
No full textby Gopa Samanta - full text here Review of Urban Affairs, Economic & Political Weekly, Vol - XLIX No. 22, May 31, 2014 Spontaneous urbanisation through the transfer of capital from the agricultural sector to the commercial sector has given rise to a large number of census towns in West Bengal. These settlements are cases of denied urbanisation, where the territory takes an urban shape but infrastructure and services remain poor under rural local governments that lack resources. Some of these ..
Urban territories, rural governance
No full textBy Gopa Samanta in infochange (full text here) West Bengal has the highest number of census towns among all the Indian states -- with 528 villages reclassified as such in the last decade -- but only 127 urban local bodies. The slow process of municipalisation means that most census towns, especially those with fast-growing industry, mining and commercial enterprises, are urban areas governed by gram panchayats. Such urban territories can become unregulated free-for-alls, with low taxes but ha..
Urban mobilities and the cycle rickshaw
No full textThis is a paper written by Gopa Samanta for Seminar (August 2012) on the mobility within small and medium towns and the role of cycle rickshaw: "It is difficult to imagine Indian streets without rickshaws. Three major types of rickshaws – hand-pulled, cycle and auto – remain an indispensable form of mobility in Indian cities. Yet, planners and policy makers continue to see rickshaws as a nuisance on city streets, seeking to either control their number or ban them altogether. Commonly, in the ..
Decentralized Governance Versus State Dependence: Financial Challenges and Participatory Development in Small Cities of West Bengal
No full textGrant: Small and Medium Towns in Eastern India: The Dynamics of the Economy, Mobility and Governance
No full textWe are pleased to announce that our colleague Gopa Samanta (Burdwan University) has been awarded a grant by the Indian Council of Social Science Research in order to expand her research on small and medium towns in Eastern India. Small and Medium towns, although conceived as the key sector for the development of balanced pattern of urbanization and more rural-urban interaction, have remained neglected in the academic discourse in India. However, in reality, the new age industrial and service ..
In Between Rural and Urban: Challenges for Governance of Non-recognized Urban Territories in West Bengal
No full textBy Gopa Samanta (Department of Geography, The University of Burdwan) In WEST BENGAL. GEO-SPATIAL ISSUES A 2012 publication of the Department of Geography - Burdwan University The paper focuses on the spatial pattern of urbanization in West Bengal which is changing in this century to a large extent and is being more diversified in character to become independent of metropolitan dominance. The overall pattern of urbanization in twentieth century was very much concentrated in and around Kolkata ..
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