Governing the contaminated city: Infrastructure and sanitation in colonial and post-colonial bombay

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 415-435

  Mcfarlane, Colin ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bourgeois environmentalism; Comparison; Contamination; Infrastructure; Publichealth

Indexed keywords

INFRASTRUCTURE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POLLUTANT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 45249111018     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2008.00793.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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