Decentralization, pluralization, balkanization? Challenges for disaster mitigation and governance in Mumbai

Habitat International

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 26-34

  Parthasarathy, D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Balkanization; Decentralization; Disaster governance; Mumbai floods; Pluralization

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI;

EID: 84951877203     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.08.022     Document Type: Article

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