Mobilities in India : the experience of suburban rail commuting / Bhaswati Mondal, Gopa Samanta.
Mondal, Bhaswati, author.; Samanta, Gopa, author.
2021
HE3299.K65 M66 2021
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Title Mobilities in India : the experience of suburban rail commuting / Bhaswati Mondal, Gopa Samanta.
Author Mondal, Bhaswati, author.
ISBN 9783030783501 (electronic bk.)
3030783502 (electronic bk.)
9783030783495
3030783499
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78350-1
Published Cham : Springer, [2021]
Copyright ©2021
Language English
Description 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-78350-1 doi
Call Number HE3299.K65 M66 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification 385.0954/147
Summary This book presents commuting as a new paradigm in mobility studies in the context of global south. It delves into suburban train commuting in Eastern India. The book interprets commuting not only as a means to attend work but also as a process producing kinetic event-space infused with different mobile practices, which is not determined by their locational fixity, rather can be cognized. It analyses the role of suburban train commuting in the metropolitan expansion of Kolkata, and the transformation of rural space into urban. The significant contribution of the book lies in explaining commuters experiencescape and the production of spatial fluidity in time capsule through commuting. It also explores the subjective reality of gendered commuting. The book uses a trans-disciplinary research design, blending quantitative and ethnographic research methods. The area selected for the empirical research is the Howrah-Bardhaman Main Railway Line (108 km), the first suburban railway line in Eastern India. Commuters originating from three adjacent districts of Purba Bardhaman, Hooghly and Howrah took part in this research. Besides the commuters, non-commuting passengers and hawkers in the train were also interviewed to understand the diverse perceptions of the process of commuting. This book may be considered as a reference book for mobility studies, transport studies, urban geography and regional planning.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 5, 2021).
Added Author Samanta, Gopa, author.
Series Urban book series.
Available in Other Form Mobilities in India.
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Preface
Acknowledgement
Chapter 1. Commuting in Geography of Mobilities
Chapter 2. Suburban Railways, Commuting and Metropolitan Expansion
Chapter 3. Commute Experiencescapes
Chapter 4. The Perceived Space
Chapter 5. Commuting and Gender
Chapter 6. Conclusion
Appendices
References.

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