fm.qxp 9/15/2011 6:10 PM Page i Facets of Social Geography International and Indian Perspectives Edited by Ashok K. Dutt, Vandana Wadhwa, Baleshwar Thakur, Frank J. Costa Delhi (cid:122)Bengaluru (cid:122)Mumbai (cid:122)Kolkata (cid:122)Chennai (cid:122)Hyderabad (cid:122)Pune fm.qxp 9/15/2011 6:10 PM Page ii Published by Cambridge University Press India Pvt.Ltd. under the imprint of Foundation Books Cambridge House,4381/4 Ansari Road,Daryaganj,New Delhi110 002 Cambridge University Press India Pvt.Ltd. C-22,C-Block,Brigade M.M.,K.R.Road,Jayanagar,Bengaluru560 070 Plot No.80,Service Industries,Shirvane,Sector-1,Nerul,Navi Mumbai400 706 10 Raja Subodh Mullick Square,2nd Floor,Kolkata700 013 21/1 (New No.49),1st Floor,Model School Road,Thousand Lights,Chennai600 006 House No.3-5-874/6/4,(Near Apollo Hospital),Hyderguda,Hyderabad500 029 Agarwal Pride,'A' Wing,1308 Kasba Peth,Near Surya Hospital,Pune411 011 © Cambridge University Press India Pvt.Ltd First Published 2012 ISBN 978-81-7596-936-0 All rights reserved. No reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press India Pvt.Ltd.,subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements. Published by Manas Saikia for Cambridge University Press India Pvt.Ltd. fm.qxp 9/15/2011 6:10 PM Page iii Allen G. Noble Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography and Planning, The University of Akron, USA fm.qxp 9/15/2011 6:10 PM Page iv fm.qxp 9/15/2011 6:10 PM Page v Contents Foreword ix Preface xi Acknowledgements xiv List of Contributors xvi I. Introductory Framework: Allen G. Noble’s Contribution to Social Geography 1 1. Allen G. Noble: The Making of a Scholar 3 ASHOK K. DUTT, VANDANA WADHWA, FRANK J. COSTA and BALESHWAR THAKUR 2. Perspectives on Allen G. Noble’s Contributions to Cultural Geography in South Asia 29 DEBNATH MOOKHERJEE 3. Allen G. Noble’s Contributions to the Field of Chinese Geography 36 LAWRENCE J. C. MA II. Conceptual and Theoretical Basis of Social Geography 47 4. Social Geography: History, Structure and Reflections, with Special Reference to India 49 B. K. ROY 5. Methodological Developments in Social Geography 65 SUDHIR K. THAKUR 6. Geographies of Disability: An Emergent Theme in Social Geography 94 VANDANA WADHWA 7. Geography and Personality of Region: The Context of Culture 119 A. B. MUKERJI fm.qxp 9/15/2011 6:10 PM Page vi vi Contents 8. Social Planning: A Spatial Perspective 153 FRANK J. COSTA III. Social Geography from a Global Perspective 167 9. Regional Patterns of Spanish-Language Newspaper Publication in the United States, 1848–1992 169 MAURA E. HUNTZ and ROBERT B. KENT 10. Enterprise Zones in a Global Perspective: Socioeconomic Consequences 185 SAMUEL THOMPSON and ASHOK K. DUTT 11. Multi-faceted Regional Inequality in China 209 YEHUA DENNIS WEI and CHI KIN LEUNG 12. Social Geography of the Minorities in Israel 228 ELISHA EFRAT 13. Urban Sprawl and Socioeconomic Change in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 236 KRISHNA PRASAD POUDEL 14. Ave Maria: A Planned Town in Collier County, Florida 252 JOHN E. BENHART and HARRY ‘BUD’ PILARSKI IV. Social Geography in the Indian Context 261 15. Socio-cultural Regions in Pre-historic and Historic India 263 SURYA KANT 16. Distinct Regional Cultural Identities of India Based on Religion and Language 294 ASHOK K DUTT, WITH S. DAVGUN, CHANDRAKANTA C. KHAN and CHANDRALEKHA SANGWAN 17. Linguistic Diversity Changes in India: A Regional Analysis, 1971–2001 334 RAJRANI KALRA 18. The Geography of Folk Art in India 350 E. COTTON MATHER and P. P. KARAN 19. Indian Dance: Classical Unity and Regional Variation 367 MANJUSRI CHAKI-SIRCAR and PARBATI K. SIRCAR fm.qxp 9/15/2011 6:10 PM Page vii Contents vii 20. Space, Gender and Social Value: Analyzing Gender Inequalities in Relation to Space 382 ANINDITA DATTA 21. Encountering Reservation and the Reimagining of Caste 400 APARAJITA DE 22. Spatial Patterns of Crime in India 416 VANDANA WADHWA and ASHOK K. DUTT 23. Rural Human Resource Development in India: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis 437 B. R. K. SINHA V. Indian Social Geography: City and State Context 453 24. Health Infrastructure and Healthcare Services in Uttar Pradesh 455 R. B. BHAGAT 25. Status of Women in Aligarh Muslim University, India 474 NILOFAR IZHAR 26. Social Geographies of Collective Action: A Case Study of India’s Chipko Movement 483 SYA BURYN KEDZIOR 27. Sacredscape and Manescape: The Sacred Geography of Gaya, India 502 RANA P. B. SINGH 28. Madurai: A Holy City of Pilgrimage 526 MEERA CHATTERJEE and ASHOK K. DUTT 29. Assessment and Dynamics of Urban Growth in the City of Kolkata 541 CHANDANA MITRA, J. MARSHALL SHEPHERD and THOMAS R. JORDAN 30. Socioeconomic and Demographic Conditions of the Slums of Hyderabad 556 KALPANA MARKANDEY, V. VIJAY KUMAR and KAVITA TORAN fm.qxp 9/15/2011 6:10 PM Page viii viii Contents 31. Writings of Mirza Ghalib: A Study in Literary Geography 574 NILOFAR IZHAR and RAIS AKHTAR 32. Geographic Images of Old Delhi through Literature 588 RAMESH C. DHUSSA 33. Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Elite Residential Colonies in Delhi, 1982–2004 602 BALESHWAR THAKUR and MUKESH YADAV Index 621 fm.qxp 9/15/2011 6:10 PM Page ix Foreword It has been more than thirty years since I first met Allen Noble. I was a first-year graduate student who had just entered the MA program in geography at the University of Akron. Allen was Head of the Department.One of my earliest memories of those graduate school days was a day-long field trip around Akron and its environs, an annual event which Allen always led for new students. It began early in the morning and went well into the evening. By day’s end the group was completely exhausted save one. Allen ended the day as fresh, enthusiastic, and ener- getic as he began it. Throughout my graduate days at Akron I saw that same enthusiasm and energy exhibited over and over again. I saw it in the classes I took from Allen,in the mentoring he provided as my thesis advisor,and in his informal interactions with faculty, staff, and students. Ultimately, I too entered academe and over the years have worked with Allen on various projects. And, yes, he always approached our collaborations with the same enthusiasm that I experienced in my early graduate school days. Those who know Allen are quick to realize that this enthusiasm springs from his passion for all things geographical. It is a passion that spans Geography’s spectrum – physical, cultural, social, regional, urban, etc. He brings a distinct intellectual curiosity to virtually every sub-field of the discipline. It is fitting, then, that this particular volume has been assembled in his honour. Like Allen’s own research, the works presented here span a range of topics and regions (e.g., ethnic newspapers in the US, regional development in China, minority groups in Israel, urban sprawl in Nepal, and crime patterns in India). That said, the book’s emphasis on South Asia is entirely appropriate given Allen’s love of that region and his own work there. Further, the breadth and depth herein neatly parallels the considerable breadth and depth of Allen’s own work