With the growth of megacities across the Asia region has come the expansion of peri-urban areas, transition zones where urban and rural activities are juxtaposed and landscape features are subject to rapid modifications induced by human activities. They face unique problems including intense pressures on resources, slum formation, lack of adequate services such as water and sanitation, poor planning and degradation of farmland. These areas face demands from users with contrasting lifestyles and conflicting interests that range from agriculture to residential, industrial and commercial, and the development of green belts and nature reserves.
This project brings experts, scholars, and promising young students and professionals from India and Pakistan together to develop mutual interests and relationships based on a shared exploration of the challenges and impacts of rural to urban transitions and peri-urban interfaces in the South Asia region.
The specific objectives of the project are to:
ANJAL PRAKASH
Project Director
VISHAL NARAIN
Team Member
POULOMI BANERJEE
Senior Fellow
POOJA ANAND
Research Associate
SUMEET SAKSENA
East West Centre- Fellow
JEFFERSON M. FOX
East West Centre- Senior Fellow
G. SHABBIR CHEEMA
East West Centre-Senior Fellow