Soma Sarkar is a Ph.D. scholar in the School of Development Studies at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and a recipient of the Dr. Ambedkar Doctoral fellowship by DAIC, Government of India. She is presently pursuing a Joint-Study international exchange program at Alpen-Adria Universität in Klagenfurt, Austria. Her ongoing doctoral research seeks to provide an in-depth understanding of urban water crises and governance mechanisms in India with a case study of Shimla. Soma has a Master’s degree in Geography with the University Gold Medal for Academic Excellence from Sikkim University, and an MPhil in Development Studies from TISS, Mumbai, where she explored the spatialities of water in a caste society like India. She has also completed a certificate course on the Global Food, Energy, and Water Nexus which was jointly offered by Cornell University, USA & Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and aimed at engaging students from the US, China, and India to chart a Sustainable Future. Soma has presented her research at many international conferences and has also been engaged in a number of research projects on WASH, Forest Resource Rights, and Governance Mapping, and Green Economy. Her broad research interests include environmental governance and policy, political ecologies of water, climate change, intersectionality & Himalayan ecology.
This book provides a critical theoretical framework for understanding the implementation and development of smart cities as innovation drivers, with long-term effects on productivity, livability, and the sustainability of specific initiatives. This framework is based on an empirical analysis of 21 case studies, which include pioneer projects from various regions.
This book provides a critical theoretical framework for understanding the implementation and development of smart cities as innovation drivers, with long-term effects on productivity, livability, and the sustainability of specific initiatives. This framework is based on an empirical analysis of 21 case studies, which include pioneer projects from various regions.