Binti Singh
Biographic Data
| ID | 3603406 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Binti Singh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Binti |
| FAMILY NAME | Singh |
| SIGNATURE | SINGH B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lucknow |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5674-2009 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Negotiating Resilience with Hard and Soft City
Social Media, Cultural Activism and Place-making in Contemporary Lucknow
The growing presence of the virtual world has made inroads into new ways of citizen cultural activism that call for an exploration and re-imagining of the idea of place and place-making in contemporary networked societies, cities in particular. This article is based on an analysis of such activism in contemporary Lucknow around its distinct cultural forms such as cuisine, heritage architecture, dance, music and literature actively deploying socia…
Changing contours of solid waste management in India
The solid waste management (SWM) sector in contemporary urban India has witnessed shifts in policy and practice in the wake of changing contours of urban governance resonating between international and domestic trends. These changes are characterized by measures to reduce public expenditure and gradual offloading of essential municipal services, increasing efficiency in service provision by privatization, decentralization, introduction of user ch…
Parallel Structures of Decentralisation in the Mega City Context of Urban India
This paper attempts to understand how decentralisation unfolds in the mega city context of urban India as a result of shifts in policy and practice since the 1990s through a study of recent civil society organisation partnerships with the urban local bodies in Mumbai. Using the cases of Advanced Locality Management (ALM) groups and Local Area Citizens' Groups (LACGs) as instances of parallel structures of decentralisation, it argues that such civ…
Civil Society Organisation Partnerships in Urban Governance
This paper reviews the role of civil society organisation partnerships in urban governance through an analysis of the Advanced Locality Management groups and the NGO Council in Mumbai. The exclusive and restrictive nature of these partnerships with the municipal corporation are brought out by highlighting their non-representative nature, class character, and a particularised vision about the city by which a large section of citizens falls in the …
Civil Society Organisation Partnerships in Urban Governance
This paper reviews the role of civil society organisation partnerships in urban governance through an analysis of the Advanced Locality Management groups and the NGO Council in Mumbai. The exclusive and restrictive nature of these partnerships with the municipal corporation are brought out by highlighting their non-representative nature, class character, and a particularised vision about the city by which a large section of citizens falls in the …
Parallel Structures of Decentralisation in the Mega City Context of Urban India
This paper attempts to understand how decentralisation unfolds in the mega city context of urban India as a result of shifts in policy and practice since the 1990s through a study of recent civil society organisation partnerships with the urban local bodies in Mumbai. Using the cases of Advanced Locality Management (ALM) groups and Local Area Citizens' Groups (LACGs) as instances of parallel structures of decentralisation, it argues that such civ…
Changing contours of solid waste management in India
The solid waste management (SWM) sector in contemporary urban India has witnessed shifts in policy and practice in the wake of changing contours of urban governance resonating between international and domestic trends. These changes are characterized by measures to reduce public expenditure and gradual offloading of essential municipal services, increasing efficiency in service provision by privatization, decentralization, introduction of user ch…
Civil Society Organisation Partnerships in Urban Governance
This paper reviews the role of civil society organisation partnerships in urban governance through an analysis of the Advanced Locality Management groups and the NGO Council in Mumbai. The exclusive and restrictive nature of these partnerships with the municipal corporation are brought out by highlighting their non-representative nature, class character, and a particularised vision about the city by which a large section of citizens falls in the …
Changing contours of solid waste management in India
The solid waste management (SWM) sector in contemporary urban India has witnessed shifts in policy and practice in the wake of changing contours of urban governance resonating between international and domestic trends. These changes are characterized by measures to reduce public expenditure and gradual offloading of essential municipal services, increasing efficiency in service provision by privatization, decentralization, introduction of user ch…
Parallel Structures of Decentralisation in the Mega City Context of Urban India
This paper attempts to understand how decentralisation unfolds in the mega city context of urban India as a result of shifts in policy and practice since the 1990s through a study of recent civil society organisation partnerships with the urban local bodies in Mumbai. Using the cases of Advanced Locality Management (ALM) groups and Local Area Citizens' Groups (LACGs) as instances of parallel structures of decentralisation, it argues that such civ…
Social Media, Cultural Activism and Place-making in Contemporary Lucknow
The growing presence of the virtual world has made inroads into new ways of citizen cultural activism that call for an exploration and re-imagining of the idea of place and place-making in contemporary networked societies, cities in particular. This article is based on an analysis of such activism in contemporary Lucknow around its distinct cultural forms such as cuisine, heritage architecture, dance, music and literature actively deploying socia…
Negotiating Resilience with Hard and Soft City
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (3 works) · Corporate governance (2 works) · Decentralization (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economy (2 works)