UID:
almahu_9949385294602882
Format:
1 online resource (xvii, 208 pages) :
,
illustrations.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781003264194
,
1003264190
,
9781000541069
,
1000541061
,
9781000541021
,
1000541029
Series Statement:
Urban Futures
Content:
This book offers an overview of India's emerging digital economy and the challenges and opportunities for urban workplaces. It examines contemporary economic and social transformations in India by focusing on how new technologies and policies are shaping urban work practices and patterns. The book emphasises on inclusive and equitable practices that consider the needs of the formal and informal sector workforce as essential to India's urban development. Drawing on insights from the intersections of society, economy, and environment along with theoretical frameworks from across disciplines, it examines key issues related to work trends in Indian urban economy and its digital landscape, including Industry 4.0 and technology-labour nexus, smart cities and innovation, urbanism and consumerism, workplace transitions such as remote working and service industry, digital divide, skill development initiatives, and the impact of socio-economic inequalities and disruptions. The authors provide perspectives on the digital future of urban work in India and other emerging economies in the post-Covid-19 phase, and underscore the importance of enacting balanced policies, remodeling institutions, and equipping the labor force for adapting to new demands towards determining future employability and investments. This book will interest students, teachers and researchers of urban studies, urban sociology, sociology of work, labour studies, human and urban geography, economic geography, urban economics, development studies, urban development and planning, public policy, regional planning, politics of urban development, social and cultural change, urban sustainability, environmental studies, management studies, South Asian Studies, and Global South studies. It will also be useful to policymakers, non-governmental organisations, activists, and those interested in India and the global economy.--
Note:
Foreword / by Shashi Tharoor -- Introduction -- Future workplaces : A global perspective -- Workplace transitions in India : An overview -- Services industry : Consumerism and urbanism -- Technology-labour nexus and industry 4.0 -- Workers in the urban informal sector -- Digital divide : From smartphones to broadband -- Smart cities : Innovations and inequalities -- Conclusion.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Tandon, Nidhi. Emerging work trends in urban India. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 ISBN 9781032027548
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781003264194
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003264194
