Urban Dependency investigates the risks of urban populations that cannot survive without the massive consumption of basic rural products like food, textiles, fo

The concept of 'Elderly' is a normal, inevitable and universal phenomenon in the life of every individual irrespective of caste, gender, race, ethnicity, societ

Reinventing Rural is a collection of original research papers that examine the ways in which rural people and places are changing in the context of an urbanizin

The mushrooming of illegal housing on the periphery of cities is one of the main consequences of rapid urbanisation associated with social and environmental pro

Published in 1999, this work sets out to assess the potential of urban and peri-urban agriculture for generating income and for improving food supply for the gr