Katchipettu was my first known encounter with the periurban. Its streets were narrower, drains open and houses half constructed. I was told that the people had mobile phones and strong internet connections. I could see that they lacked basic infrastructure. Armed with a Nikon D3200, I attempted to make sense of life in this hamlet…
When one is told that he or she is supposed to go down to the field and conduct first hand data collection surveys in random households of a chosen Taluk, they might frame a picture of the scene in their mind. Again, given the backdrop of a periurban research project, the visualization might come easy…
The Energy-Waste Survey at Sriperumbudur, which assessed the practices and attitudes towards usage of energy resources, waste generation and disposal in 247 households. Below is a compilation of the responses. Cooking Fuel An overwhelming majority (more than 90%) use LPG as cooking fuel. Few still continue to use firewood. The number of people using other…
The peri-urban interface creates various problems and challenges regarding the broader consensus of environmental sustainability. Regions at the edge of peri-urban areas are transitions zones that are ever-changing and mostly expanding. No longer seen in solely spatial terms, the peri-urban interface is increasingly recognized in terms of dynamic flows of commodities, capital, natural resources, people,…
We initially prepared a mind map of relevant factors in order to draw out some interrelations and interdependencies between factors relevant for our study. The A-team focussed on the livelihoods of fisherfolk in several locations of peri-urban Chennai. Preliminary Studies Based on preliminary literature research, the focus of our observations during field visits were on…