This book is a comprehensive exploration of crucial issues at the nexus of policy, environment, technology, and urban development.
This book is a comprehensive exploration of crucial issues at the nexus of policy, environment, technology, and urban development.
It delves into various aspects of technological as well as environmental changes and urban decline on human society, addressing pressing global issues such as climate change, sustainability, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and spatial infrastructure. The topics covered are highly relevant in today's context, given the pressing challenges of climate change, technological disruption, and urbanisation. The focus on emerging issues like AI, cybersecurity, sustainable development, and climate resilience reflects the contemporary concerns in public policy. The inclusion of diverse perspectives from contributors across different disciplines enriches the discourse on public policy.
The book will be an essential resource for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in fields such as technology, economics, sustainability, and development studies.
1 Narratives Unbound: The Introduction 2 Cascading Climate Risks Impact
on Water Governance and Human Security in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: A Case for
Regional Adaptive Governance 3 Climate Justice: Evolution of Laws &
Litigation in India 4 Demand Side Perspective on Sustainable Housing:
Implications for Environment and Society 5 Preserving Identity: The Gaddi
Tribes Socio-Ecological Practices Amidst Legal and Environmental Challenges
6 Nudging for a Greener Future: How Subtle Choices Can Drive
Pro-Environmental Behaviour 7 ChatGPT and Technological Disruption in
Education: Preliminary Evidence from Switzerland 8 AI in Sales Call
Analytics: Ensuring Equity in Access 9 Policy Responses to the Evolving
Nature of Financial Cybercrimes in India 10 Spatial Infrastructure in the
Modern Economy 11 Conceptualising Social Sustainability in a Smart City:
Education, Community and Culture 12 Policies of Corridor Development in India
and Urban-Rural Dichotomy 13 Policy Perspective of Development Control
Regulations in Delhi, India.
Bidisha Banerji is the Director of Research at the Centre for Women Leadership at Vedica. She earned her Ph.D. in Public Policy and Public Administration from George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA, where she was awarded the prestigious Selective Excellence Fellowship. Her research expertise spans many areas, including policy analysis, policy design, advocacy, sustainability, urban service delivery, urban geography, megacities, urban commons, and program evaluation.