Nagendra, Harini
(2015)
Wild beasts in the city.
Seminar (673).
Abstract
WITH India on a seemingly unstoppable
fast track to urbanization, cities
and towns are expanding across the
country. The growing urban footprint
extends across vast expanses of countryside
and forests populated by a rich
diversity of wildlife. Many Indian
cities deal with challenges of frequent
incursions of wildlife. National parks
such as Bannerghatta National Park
at the southern periphery of Bengaluru,
Sanjay Gandhi National Park in the
northern part of Mumbai, and Van
Vihar National Park in the heart of
Bhopal, pose problematic challenges
for wildlife conservation. Yet, the challenge
of dealing with human-wildlife
interactions in the urban context rarely,
if ever, figures in considerations of
urban planning in India and across
much of Asia. Dealing with megafauna
remains a challenge in the populated
landscapes of South Asia. In the
main, this discussion is centred on
the rural and the forest, spaces that
are increasingly shrinking as the city
enlarges its footprint on the rest of the
country
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