This book explores how power relationships, measured through qualitative social network analysis, impact planning participation and livelihood strategies of a marginalized group of farmers cultivating the Yamuna River floodplain in Delhi, India.
Jessica Ann Diehl is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture at the National University of Singapore where she teaches a community design studio addressing issues of urban food security in the Master of Landscape Architecture Programme. Her research interests include place-based investigation of social networks, health equity, and alternative food systems.Dr. Diehl holds a PhD in Health and Behavioral Sciences from the University of Colorado Denver, USA where she was a National Science Foundation (NSF) IGERT PhD Fellow in Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Systems and a 2013-14 Fulbright-Nehru Research Fellow affiliated with the School of Human Ecology at Ambedkar University Delhi, India. She holds a BLA/MLA in landscape architecture from The Pennsylvania State University, and a BA in English with a concentration in creative writing from West Virginia Wesleyan College.
Innehållsförteckning
Introduction.- Part I: A Political Ecology Lens.- Chapter 1. Vulnerable, Yet Resilient.- Part Ii: Social Networks And Access To Resources.- Chapter 2. Urban Food System Concepts.- Part Iii: Solutions Without Resolution.- Chapter 3. Land, Knowledge, Strategies.- Postscript: Final Reflection.- References.