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Call for papers: Special Issue International Journal of Water Governance
* *The new megacity: for whom?**
Seminar @ Global Studies and Governance Department Independent University,
Bangladesh – 18 November 2019
As megacities continue to mushroom and waves of migrants continue to look
for opportunities there, they become increasingly hard to live in. Many
megacities are a fulltime traffic nightmare, green spaces are rare, and
water services are poor, brought in from far and wide but not reaching the
many. City authorities try to remedy these challenges by drafting
megaprojects promising to solve a complex urban conundrum in one fell
swoop. Often these also promote gentrification and creating 'green and
blue' spaces, as an instrument to promote megacities as 'liveable
world-class city'. Steady economic performance, political ambition and
donor willingness brings in funding for large projects. In Dhaka, drinking
water supply problems are to be tackled with a mega ADB- supported pipeline
project to effect a water supply turnaround; the Hatirjheel lake project is
to tackle pollution and create a 'Las Vegas' vibe, and nationally there is
the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100. Elsewhere, even more radical plans are
hatched – Indonesia wants to displace its entire capital!
But what does all this urban engineering mean for people's access to water
and services, or for environmental and social sustainability? Don't these
megaprojects promote urban dispossession rather than integration? Is “Brave
New Dhaka” a city for the few or for the many? How about other megacities?
In addition to sustainability, how transparent and accountable are these
urban transformations? The SI draws (but can expand beyond) on the findings
of the Urbanising Deltas of the World – Hydrosocial deltas: flows of water,
flows of people tudy – in collaboration with Bangladesh Centre for
Advanced Studies and Flood Hazard Research Centre.
The seminar, “The new megacity: for whom?” is organised to be held on 18
November 2019, co-organised with the Global Studies and Governance
Department, Independent University, Bangladesh in Dhaka. We also invite
cases from other metropolises of the world tackling with megacity
challenges. Comparative studies are welcome.
Suggested (but not exclusive) foci include:
- Flows of people, flows of water: migration and environment
- Urban water markets – institutions, equity and sustainability
- 3D cities: are flyovers helping or hindering urban integration
- Green and blue beautification projects: who benefits?
- Secluded spaces/gated communities
- Reconnecting the city with nature
- Waterlogging, floodways and earthquake safety in megacities: can the
city cope?
- Land grab or a fair deal for urban development
- Transparency and accountability of urban transformation
- Urban climate adaptation and the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100
- Reconnecting the city with the delta
Please send your 150 word abstract and a one paragraph bio-note to
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**Deadlines: abstract - 7 October 2019 & first full draft - 1 December
2019**
Accepted participants will be notified by 30 October 2019 with further
information.
With kind regards,
Dr. Jeroen Warner
Sociology of Development and Change Wageningen University and Research
Wageningen, Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Imtiaz A Hussain
Global Studies and Governance Program
School of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Independent University, Bangladesh
Dr. Michelle Kooy
Department of Integrated Water Systems and Governance
IHE Institute for Water Education Delft, Netherlands
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Kind regards,
Hasan Ashraf
Assistant Professor | Anthropology | Jahangirnagar University
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