List of illustrations. Series editor's preface. Preface. Map of the Indian Ocean. Introduction. 1. Deep structure 2. Humans and the sea 3. The beginning of the ocean 4. Muslims in the Indian Ocean 5. Europeans in an Indian Ocean world 6. The early modern Indian Ocean world 7. Britain and the ocean 8. History in the ocean Notes. Select bibliography. Index.

The Indian Ocean

This paper considers the needed adaptation and mitigation agenda for cities in India - where the urban population is likely to grow by around 500 million over the next 50 years. It considers the likely changes that climate change will bring in temperature, precipitation and extreme rainfall, drought, river and inland fl ooding, storms/storm surges/coastal fl ooding, sea-level rise and environmental health risks, and who within urban populations are most at risk. It notes the importance for urban areas of an effective rural adaptation agenda - especially in maintaining the productivity and functioning of rural systems. It highlights the importance of today's infrastructure investments, taking into account climate changes, given the long lifespan of most infrastructure, and the importance of urban management engaging with changing risk profi les. One important part of this is the need to connect offi cial adaptation initiatives to the much-improved natural hazard risk assessment, management and mitigation capacity that responded to major disasters. The paper ends by describing a possible urban climate change adaptation framework, including changes needed at the national, state, city and neighbourhood levels, and linkages to mitigation.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0956247808089157

Climate change risk: an adaptation and mitigation agenda for indian cities

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A tale of Asia’s world ports: The spatial evolution in global hub port cities

Introduction 1. The Turko-Afghan rule 2. Foundation of the Sikh Panth 3. Evolution of the Sikh Panth (1539-1606) 4. Transformation of the Sikh Panth (1606-1708) 5. Rise to political power (1708-1799) 6. The Sikh empire (1799-1848) 7. Recession and resurgence (1849-1919) 8. In the struggle for freedom (1920-1947) 9. Towards the 'Punjab-Province' (1947-1966) 10. In the new Punjab state (1966-1984) Epilogue Appendices.

The Sikhs of the Punjab

This paper examines Japans de facto admission of unskilled foreign workers and the changing complexion of that work force since the mid-1980s. Included in the discussion are push and pull factors behind the massive arrival of workers from developing countries; the 1989 Reform; the different groups of arriving workers...; and the implications for Japans immigration policy. Underlying Japans ad hoc response to the arrival of unskilled foreign workers is a fear of disrupting social homogeneity a poorly conceived policy regarding the labor shortage faced by small-scale employers and a lack of recognition of contemporary patterns of migration worldwide. (EXCERPT)

New immigration policy and unskilled foreign workers in Japan.

Ports and Their Hinterlands in India 1700-1950.

Agrarian system of the Sikhs : late eighteenth and early nineteenth century

Based on papers written for seminar on 'decolonization' and 'contemporary history' of the Punjab, organised by the Institute of Punjab Studies. This institute aims at promoting inter-disciplinary study of the political, economic, social and cultural life of the peoples of the north-west of India.

Punjab in prosperity and violence : administration, politics, and social change, 1947-1997

Preface In Memorium Urban History in India: Possibilities & Perspectives Urbanism in Early Historic India Social Structure & Economy of Settlements in the Central Deccan (200 B.C.-A.D. 200) Urban Processes in Early Medieval Tamil Nadu Historical Writing on Urbanisation in Medieval India Some Aspects of Urbanisation in Medieval India The Morphology of a Medieval Indian City: A Case Study of Shahjahanabad Urban Economy in Western India in Late Eighteenth Century Urbanism in South India: Eighteenth & Nineteenth Centuries Urban Atrophy in Colonial India: Some Demographic Indicators Urban Morphology Under Colonial Rule Urban Culture in Modern India: World of the Lower Classes Impact of Colonial Rule on Urban Life The Choice of a Capital: Lucknow Under the British Of Rajas & Prajas: Leadership in a Colonial Town The Role of Urban Society in Natikonalist Politics.

The City in Indian History: Urban Demography, Society, and Politics

Preface Introduction by Reeta Grewal Foundation of the Sikh Faith The Earliest Manual on the Sikh Way of Life Martial & Political Culture of the Khalsa Sikh Patronage of Painting Sikh in the Early Census Reports by Anurupita Kaur Transition from Socio-Religious to Political Concerns: Sikh Periodicals of the Early Twentieth Century Mission Abroad: Sant Teja Singh in the Western World The Nabha Affair: Akali Interest in a Sikh Princely State The Patiala Enquiry: Paramount Power Protects its Sikh Protege Sikh Spatial Dispersal (1881-2001) Punjab Agrarian Economy: Role of Remittances by the Sikhs Overseas Sikh Identity & the Issue of Khalistan Five Hundred Years of the Sikh Educational Heritage Glossary Bibliography Index.

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Papers

Ports and Their Hinterlands in India 1700-1950.

Agrarian system of the Sikhs : late eighteenth and early nineteenth century

Punjab in prosperity and violence : administration, politics, and social change, 1947-1997

The City in Indian History: Urban Demography, Society, and Politics

Five centuries of Sikh tradition : ideology, society, politics, and culture : essays for Indu Banga