98 Publications:

Solid waste management in Kerala during and after the COVID-19 pandemic Author(s): Rana, Neelam; Narayanan, N. C.; Sekharan, Sheeba Editor(s): Véron, René; Rao Dhananka, Swetha Abstract: A longitudinal study was conducted in Alappuzha Municipality, Kerala, to assess changes in household-level waste practices across socio-economic groups and in perceptions of service quality... Publication date: 2026-09 Type: working paper Book: SPIRIT Working Paper "Transformations of waste management in South Asia during and after Covid-19"

Gendered solid waste work in a public health crisis Author(s): Jayan, Arya; Rana, Neelam; Narayanan, N. C. Editor(s): Véron, René; Rao Dhananka, Swetha Abstract: The working paper examines the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Haritha Karma Sena (HKS), a women-led micro-enterprise model established in 2017 to manage inorganic... Publication date: 2026-07 Type: working paper Book: SPIRIT Working Paper Series: Transformations of Waste Management in South Asia During and After Covid-19

Role of a cooperative in empowering solid waste management workers in Nepal Author(s): Ghale, Yamuna; Upreti, Bishnu Raj; Karmacharya, Yash Man; Rao Dhananka, Swetha Editor(s): Rao Dhananka, Swetha; Véron, René Abstract: This paper investigates the gendered dimensions of municipal solid waste management in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kathmandu, Nepal. The intersectional effects of... Publication date: 2026-07 Type: working paper Book: SPIRIT Working Paper Series - Transformation of Waste Management in South Asia During and After COVID-19

Remaking land–water boundaries in the Rhone plain in Switzerland: A reinterpretation of past and present river training using a ‘postcolonial mirror' Author(s): Metzger, Alexis; Véron, René; Reynard, Emmanuel Abstract: River training in Europe has recently shifted from a focus on hard infrastructure toward river widening and renaturation. Inspired by postcolonial studies on land–water dichotomies,... Publication date: 2025-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104246 Type: journal article Journal: Geoforum

Governance of a Transboundary River: A Comparative Geohistorical Analysis of the Rhône River in France and Switzerland Author(s): Guerrin, Joana; Metzger, Alexis; Morera, Raphaël; Brochet, Antoine; Véron, René; Reynard, Emmanuel Editor(s): Warner, Jeroen Publication date: 2025-03 DOI: 10.1142/9789811291395_0003 Type: chapter Book: World Scientific Handbook of Transboundary Water Management

Waste discourses in Nepal: Recent shifts to sociopolitical concerns Author(s): Upreti, Bishnu Raj; Véron, René; Ghale, Yamuna Abstract: This paper identifies and discusses recent discourses on solid waste management in Nepal as they both shape and mirror waste practices and policies in their... Publication date: 2025-01 Type: working paper Book: Working Paper SPIRIT project on Transformation of Waste Management in South Asia During & After COVID-19

Post COVID-19 Waste Practices in Nepal: Case study of Kirtipur Municipality Author(s): Subedi, Bashu Prasad; Upreti, Bishnu Raj; Ghale, Yamuna Editor(s): Véron, René; Rao Dhananka, Swetha Abstract: The objective of this working paper is to describe the changes in MSWM systems during the COVID-19 pandemic and to evaluate the influence of short-term... Publication date: 2025 Type: working paper Book: Working Paper Series of the SPIRIT project “Transformation of waste management practices and policies in South Asia during and after the COVID-19 pandemic”

Post-COVID-19 waste practices: A case study of selected wards in Dehiwala - Mt. Lavinia Municipal Council, Sri Lanka Author(s): De Silva, Malith; Fernando, Nishara Abstract: The working paper present the results of a household survey two years after the initial survey. It therefore is able to capture the impacts of... Publication date: 2024-12 Type: working paper Book: Working Paper SPIRIT project on Transformation of Waste Management in South Asia During & After COVID-19

Expanding knowledge geographies Author(s): Hilbrandt, Hanna; Bluwstein, Jevgeniy; Cima, Ottavia; Duplan, Karine; Marquardt, Nadine; Péaud, Laura; Pütz, Marco; Véron, René; Vorbrugg, Alexander Abstract: In this editorial, we sketch out an agenda committed to exploring and fostering situated yet global perspectives on the manifold connections, disconnections, and differences within... Publication date: 2024-08-09 DOI: 10.5194/gh-79-239-2024 Type: editorial Journal: Geographica Helvetica

Of Practices and (Micro)politics: Challenges of Organic Waste Segregation in Dschang, Cameroon Author(s): Kongnso, Eric Moye; Yemmafouo, Aristide; Moumbe, Joël Sagne; Makamté Kakeu-Tardy, Rolande Christelle; Sahakian, Marlyne; Véron, René Abstract: Waste generation in Sub-Saharan Africa is increasing rapidly. While biodegradable waste remains predominant, it is rarely treated separately by municipal solid waste management systems, thus... Publication date: 2024-04-17 DOI: 10.1177/10704965241246708 Type: journal article Journal: Journal of Environment and Development

Environmental Governance in Small Cities: Decentralization, Municipal Capacity and Autonomy in Gujarat and West Bengal Author(s): Véron, René; Zimmer, Anna; Cornea, Natasha; Sanchez, Jérémie Abstract: India's 74th Constitutional Amendment obliges state governments to devolve responsibilities related to urban environmental resources and services to the Urban Local Bodies. However, the existing... Publication date: 2024-02-05 DOI: 10.1177/09731741241228359 Type: journal article Journal: Journal of South Asian Development

Nuwan: Much more than an ideal waste worker Author(s): Fernando, Yeshani; Fernando, Nishara Abstract: An illustrated book representing a day in the life of Nuwan, a waste worker in Sri Lanka, highlighting his complex and multifaceted habitus. Publication date: 2024 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14609031 Type: other

Urban Environmental Governance: Historical and Political Ecological Perspectives from South Asia Author(s): Mukherjee, Jenia; Véron, René Editor(s): O'Gorman, Emily; San Martin, William; Carey, Mark; Swart, Sandra Abstract: This chapter maps the emergence and development of urban environmental history (UEH) in South Asia and the lessons it offers to understand and analyze pertinent... Publication date: 2024 DOI: 10.4324/9781003189350-26 Type: book part Book: The Routledge Handbook of Environmental History

Sri Lankawe palath palana aayathanayanhi gana apthravya kalamanaakarana [Municipal Solid Waste Management in Sri Lanka] Author(s): Fernando, Nishara; De Silva, Malith Abstract: As an extension of the book titled Municipal Solid Waste Management in Sri Lanka: A Study of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Dehiwala-Mt. Lavinia Municipal... Publication date: 2024 Type: book

“Sustainable security” through river enlargements: A political ecology of nature-based solutions and flood control in the Rhone Valley, Switzerland Author(s): Metzger, Alexis; Véron, René Abstract: The largest ongoing river training project in Switzerland, the so-called Third Correction of the Rhone in the Valais, builds on nature-based solutions (river enlargements and... Publication date: 2023-10-30 DOI: 10.4000/developpementdurable.22963 Type: journal article Journal: Développement Durable et Territoires

On the (In)visibility of Practices: Opportunities for the Promotion of Household Waste-Segregation in Western Switzerland Author(s): Makamté Kakeu-Tardy, Rolande Christelle; Howarth, Hannah; Sahakian, Marlyne; Véron, René Abstract: Organic waste is both a refuse and a resource. Focusing on household waste in a city in Western Switzerland, this study examines the practices of... Publication date: 2023-10-12 DOI: 10.5334/wwwj.95 Type: journal article Journal: Worldwide Waste

Solid waste management practices in Kirtipur Municipality, Nepal: Findings from a household survey Author(s): Ghale, Yamuna; Subedi, Basu Prasad; Upreti, Bishnu Raj Abstract: This working paper, based on a questionnaire survey with more than 400 households in Kirtipur (Nepal), identifies household waste practices (segregation, recycling, disposal, burning, etc.)... Publication date: 2023-09 Type: working paper Book: Working Paper

Social Structure and Solid Waste Management Practices: Findings of Household Survey in Alappuzha, Kerala (India) Author(s): Rana, Neelam; Narayanan, NC Abstract: A survey with 300 households of Avalookunnu and Thathamppally wards of Alappuzha town was conducted to examine the household SWM practices disaggregated by socio-economic structure... Publication date: 2023-08 Type: working paper

Impact of COVID-19 on informal waste management in Sri Lanka: A case study of Boralesgamuwa Urban Council and Dehiwala - Mt. Lavinia Municipal Council Author(s): Fernando, Nishara; De Silva, Malith Abstract: The informal waste management sector in Sri Lanka has faced severe disruptions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, The pandemic has disproportionately affected informal... Publication date: 2023-08 Type: working paper Book: Working Paper SPIRIT project on Transformation of Waste Management in South Asia During & After COVID-19

Introducing Circularity in Decentralized Solid Waste Management: Lessons for Scaling-Up Technology Options from Alappuzha Author(s): Narayanan, NC; Ganapathy, Gautam; Joseph, Rohit; Cathareen, Navya; Viswan, Dryshya; MG, Geethu Abstract: This paper examines Alappuzha's ongoing effort to shift to a decentralized solid waste management regime. Recounting the solid waste crisis that came to a head... Publication date: 2023-08 Type: working paper Book: Working Paper

COVID-19 and municipal solid waste management in Sri Lanka: A preliminary qualitative study of solid waste management in selected local councils Author(s): Fernando, Nishara; De Silva, Malith; Wise, Belinda Publication date: 2023-04 Type: report Book: Working Paper SPIRIT project on Transformation of Waste Management in South Asia During & After COVID-19

Valorization of plastic waste in Kerala Author(s): Jayanthi, T.A.; Babu, Ambat Publication date: 2023-04 Type: report Book: Working Paper

A Review of Integrated Solid Waste Management: Approach and Strategy for India with Special Focus on Kerala Author(s): Jayanthi, T A; Ambat, Babu Publication date: 2023-04 Type: report Book: Working Paper

Urban Disposabilities: Garbage and the Relational Politics of Place-Making in Cartagena, Colombia Author(s): Neville, Laura Abstract: From littered plastic bottles clogging canals, to heaps of construction waste forming land over water, failed dumpsite closures, or waste pickers displaced from recycling routes,... Publication date: 2023 Type: doctoral thesis

Evaluation of the Efficacy and Sustainability of Municipal Solid Waste Management System in Kamaleswaram Ward of Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation, Kerala, India Author(s): Jayanthi, T. A.; Radhakrishnan, P. V.; Byju, P.; Prasood, S. P.; Sreeram, J. Publication date: 2023 Type: working paper Book: Working Paper

Municipal Soild Waste Management in Sri Lanka. A study of municipal solid waste management in Dehiwala-Mt. Lavinia Municipal Council & Boralesgamuwa Urban Council of Sri Lanka Author(s): Fernando, Nishara; De Silva, Malith Abstract: This book by Fernando and De Silva presents the scenario of solid waste in Sri Lanka by going beyond purely technical and managerial discussions. It... Publication date: 2023 Type: book

Waste Management in Ovita. An Underserved Relocated Settlement in Dehiwala - Mt. Lavinia Municipal Council Author(s): Fernando, Nishara; De Silva, Malith Abstract: Based on a representative survey and in-depth interviews with residents and other stakeholders, this book by Fernando and De Silva provides detailed insights into one... Publication date: 2023 Type: book

Waste chains and loops in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Author(s): Upreti, Bishnu; Ghale, Yamuna; Véron, René; Upreti, Drishti; Hollenbach, Pia; Kamacharya, Yash Man; Rajbhandari, Sudarshan Abstract: The objective of this paper is to describe the current diverse and complex waste chains and loops in the Kathmandu Valley with a focus on... Publication date: 2022 Type: working paper Book: Project Working Paper -- r4d Project "Challenges of Municipal Waste Management: Learning from post-crisis initiatives in South Asia"

Waste practices in Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council and Boralesgamuwa Urban Council areas, Sri Lanka: A preliminary study of selected urban wards Author(s): Fernando, Nishara; de Silva, Malith Abstract: This working paper, based on a household survey in selected wards of the Greater Colombo Region, Sri Lanka, explores the waste management practices of households,... Publication date: 2022 Type: working paper Book: r4d project "Challenges of municipal waste management: Learning from post-crisis initiatives in South Asia" Working Paper Series

Waste management in Ovita, an underserved relocated settlement in Dehiwala - Mt. Lavinia Municipal Council, Sri Lanka Author(s): Fernando, Nishara; de Silva, Malith Abstract: The subject of the present study is the Ovita1 relocation settlement which is located in the Dehiwala-Mt. Lavinia Municipal Council area. The site came into... Publication date: 2022 Type: working paper Book: r4d project "Challenges of municipal waste management: Learning from post-crisis initiatives in South Asia" Working Paper Series

Histories of Urban Deltascapes: A Comparison of Arles and Kolkata Author(s): Mukherjee, Jenia; Morera, Raphaël; Guerrin, Joana; Véron, René Abstract: Delta cities are exposed to cycles of fluvial risks that have been managed across space and time. Floods and flood mitigation in urban deltascapes are... Publication date: 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.3197/ge.2021.140304 Type: journal article Journal: Global Environment: A Journal of Transdisciplinary History

Le Rhône, ce fleuve que la France et la Suisse ont largement dompté… à tort ou à raison ? Author(s): Metzger, Alexis; Brochet, Antoine; Guerrin, Joana; Morera, Raphaël Abstract: Bien connu des Français, le Rhône prend sa source dans les Alpes suisses, et non dans le lac Léman comme on l'entend souvent dire !... Publication date: 2021-09-01 Type: magazine/newspaper article

Small cities in India: Stories and reflections from a research journey Author(s): Véron, René Editor(s): Neves Alves, Susana; Ruszczyk, Hanna A Abstract: René Véron's ethnographic account takes us through neighbourhoods and government offices in West Bengal and Gujarat to discuss multi-scalar environmental governance and to reflect on... Publication date: 2021 Type: chapter Book: Theorising from the overlooked city: Generating a research agenda/network on small/secondary cities

The Discourse of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Sri Lanka Author(s): Fernando, Nishara; De Silva, Malith Publication date: 2021 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-73003-1_17 Type: chapter Book: Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Disaster Risks

Institutional structure of governance of municipal solid waste management in India Author(s): Shakir, Taenaz; Narayanan, N.C.; Véron, René Abstract: Rapid urbanization, economic growth and growing consumerism have resulted in increased solid waste generation across the globe and especially in South Asia. In this paper... Publication date: 2020-11 Type: working paper Book: Project Working Paper 4 -- r4d project Challenges of municipal waste management: learning from post-crisis initiatives in South Asia

Municipal solid waste governance in Sri Lanka: a literature review Author(s): Fernando, Nishara; Silva, Malith Abstract: This literature review focuses on exploring solid waste management in Sri Lanka in relation to three key thematic areas namely; (1) the institutional architecture of... Publication date: 2020-04 Type: working paper Book: Project Working Paper

Urban ponds, environmental imaginaries and (un)commoning: an urban political ecology of the pondscape in a small city in Gujarat, India Author(s): Zimmer, Anna; Véron, René; Cornea, Natasha Abstract: Urban ponds in India have for a long time been used for multiple purposes and have been accessible to a wide range of social groups;... Publication date: 2020 Type: journal article Journal: Water Alternatives

Municipal solid waste management in Sri Lanka: Legislations, policy discourses, actors and projects -- with particular attention to two municipalities in the Colombo Region Author(s): Fernando, Nishara; de Silva, Malith Abstract: In the metropolitan area of Colombo, Sri Lanka, the issue of municipal solid waste management moved to the center of political attention in April 2016... Publication date: 2020 Type: working paper Book: Project Working Paper - Challenges of Municipal Solid Waste Management: Learning from post-crises initiatives in South Asia

Institutional architecture of municipal waste management in Nepal Author(s): Upreti, Bishnu Raj; Upreti, Drishti; Véron, René; Rajbhandari, Sudarshan; Kamacharya, Yash Man; Hollenbach, Pia Abstract: This paper focuses on the issues that are pre-dominant in the institutional architecture of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) in Kathmandu. The paper also gives... Publication date: 2020 Type: working paper Book: Project Working Paper

Hunting for tonnage: waste workers' incentives in a public-private partnership in Bafoussam, Cameroon Author(s): Makamté Kakeu - Tardy, Rolande Christelle; Véron, René Abstract: Public-private partnerships are often depicted as an effective institutional arrangement to improve urban services towards sustainable development. In sub-Saharan Africa, the involvement of private parties... Publication date: 2019-04-22 DOI: 10.1080/19463138.2019.1604526 Type: case study Journal: International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development

Urban development schemes, municipal finance and staffing in small cities in Gujarat and West Bengal: State and municipality level figures Author(s): Véron, René; Zimmer, Anna; Cornea, Natasha; Sanchez, Jérémie Abstract: This report provides a quantitative data set on decentralization, municipal capacity and autonomy related to environmental governance in small cities in Gujarat and West Bengal.... Publication date: 2019 Type: report

Social processes in post-crisis municipal solid waste management innovations: A proposal for research and knowledge exchange in South Asia Author(s): Véron, R.; Fernando, N.; Narayanan, N. C.; Upreti, B.; Ambat, B.; Pallawala, R.; Rao Dhananka, S.; Zurbrügg, C. Abstract: Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) has become one of the most pressing environmental issues in South Asian cities, the more so as it is closely... Publication date: 2018-12-13 DOI: 10.3897/rio.4.e31430 Type: journal article Journal: Research Ideas and Outcomes

Ecologies (politiques) urbaines des étendues d'eau en Inde Author(s): Véron, René; Cornea, Natasha; Zimmer, Anna Abstract: In this article, we identify different types of urban nature, more or less « wild » or « artificialized », that are produced through the... Publication date: 2018-07 Type: journal article Journal: Urbia. Les Cahiers du développement urbain durable

Informal production of the city: Momos, migrants, and an urban village in Delhi Author(s): Palat Narayanan, N.; Véron, R. Abstract: This paper attempts to understand the production of the city through informality. In particular, informal practices related to the momo (dumpling) industry, concentrated in the... Publication date: 2018-05-08 DOI: 10.1177/0263775818771695 Type: journal article Journal: Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

In/formal urbanism: cases drawn from Delhi Author(s): Palat Narayanan, Nipesh Abstract: This thesis attempts to critically engage with urbanization processes through the lens of informality. That is, urban informality as an enduring concept that defines, describes,... Publication date: 2018 Type: doctoral thesis

Gestion des déchets solides municipaux à l'épreuve du partenariat public-privé à Bafoussam, Cameroun: Une analyse des inégalités environnementales dans une ville moyenne d'Afrique subsaharienne Author(s): Makamté Kakeu-Tardy, Rolande Christelle Abstract: Des inégalités sociales face à la gestion de l'environnement urbain sont de plus en plus marquées dans le monde en développement dont l'Afrique subsaharienne. Confrontées... Publication date: 2018 Type: doctoral thesis

Urban political ecology: landscapes of power Author(s): Zimmer, Anna; Cornea, Natasha; Véron, René Editor(s): Iossifova, Deljana; Doll, Christopher N.H.; Gasparatos, Alexandros Abstract: In this chapter, we shed light on the question of how the different strands of UPE understand the ‘urban': the traditional Marxist UPE as metabolic... Publication date: 2018 Type: chapter Book: Defining the urban: interdisciplinary and professional perspectives

Everyday governance and urban environments: Towards a more interdisciplinary urban political ecology Author(s): Cornea, Natasha Lee; Véron, René; Zimmer, Anna Abstract: Urban Political Ecology (UPE) has mainly evolved within the discipline of geography to examine the power relations that produce uneven urban spaces (infrastructures and natures)... Publication date: 2017-04 DOI: 10.1111/gec3.12310 Type: journal article Journal: Geography Compass

A mixed methods approach to assess animal vaccination programmes: The case of rabies control in Bamako, Mali Author(s): Mosimann, Laura; Traoré, Abdallah; Mauti, Stephanie; Léchenne, Monique; Obrist, Brigit; Véron, René; Hattendorf, Jan; Zinsstag, Jakob Publication date: 2017-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.10.007 Type: journal article Journal: Acta Tropica

Of parks and politics: the production of socio-nature in a Gujarati town Author(s): Zimmer, A.; Cornea, N.; Véron, R. Abstract: Urban parks in India are often discussed as positive environmental projects, and their creation appears as unproblematic in public discourse. This paper presents the creation... Publication date: 2017 DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2016.1157157 Type: journal article Journal: Local Environment

Clean city politics: An urban political ecology of solid waste in West Bengal, India Author(s): Cornea, Natasha; Véron, René; Zimmer, Anna Abstract: Solid waste management is often perceived as one of the most pressing environmental problems facing local governments in urban India and elsewhere in the global... Publication date: 2016-12-06 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x16682028 Type: journal article Journal: Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space

Coconut Crisis in Kerala? Mainstream Narrative and Alternative Perspectives Author(s): Sportel, Terah; Véron, René Publication date: 2016-09 DOI: 10.1111/dech.2016.47.issue-5 Type: journal article Journal: Development and Change

Towards a Foucauldian Urban Political Ecology of water: Rethinking the hydro-social cycle and scholars' critical engagement Author(s): Rattu, P.; Véron, R. Abstract: Thirty years after the death of Michel Foucault, notwithstanding the fact that his thought has profoundly shaped the contemporary reflection and contributed to move beyond... Publication date: 2016-06 Type: journal article Journal: Foucault Studies

Urban environments and situated institutions : everyday governance in west Bengal Author(s): Cornea, N. Abstract: How do processes of power shape the urban environment in small Indian cities? On a day-to-day basis, who actually controls access to and the use... Publication date: 2016 Type: doctoral thesis

Négocier l'accès, la propriété et l'autorité publique en marge de la ville. Enjeux fonciers à Niamey et production d'Etat au Niger Author(s): Meyer, Ursula Abstract: La terre périurbaine dans les villes ouest-africaines en constante expansion se retrouve sous la forte pression de l'urbanisation. Elle représente un objet de tiraillements entre... Publication date: 2016 Type: doctoral thesis

Ponds, Power and Institutions: The Everyday Governance of Accessing Urban Water Bodies in a Small Bengali City Author(s): Cornea, N.; Zimmer, A.; Véron, R. Publication date: 2016 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12377 Type: journal article Journal: International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Le pouvoir e(s)t l'eau. Une géo-histoire foucauldienne de l'eau urbaine en Suisse entre 1850 et aujourd'hui. Author(s): Rattu, P. Abstract: S'inscrivant dans le sous-domaine interdisciplinaire de l'Urban Political Ecology (UPE), cette thèse dresse une géo-histoire foucauldienne de l'eau urbaine, particulièrement l'eau en réseau, en Suisse... Publication date: 2015-07 Type: doctoral thesis

Political Ecology Author(s): Véron, R Editor(s): Bourg D, Papaux A Publication date: 2015 Type: chapter Book: Dictionnaire de la pensée écologique

How to govern the urban hydrosocial cycle : archaeo-genealogy of hydromentalities in the Swiss urban water sector between 1850 and 1950 Author(s): Rattu, P.; Véron, R. Abstract: Switzerland appears to be a privileged place to investigate the urban political ecology of tap water because of the specificities of its political culture and... Publication date: 2015 DOI: 10.5194/gh-70-33-2015 Type: journal article Journal: Geographica Helvetica

Fisheries, aquacultures and political ecology: Towards interdisciplinary and democratized research on Chilika Lake Author(s): Véron, René Publication date: 2015 Type: other

Untangling urban development in India: shaping cities, shaping lives Author(s): Véron, René; Zimmer, Anna; Cornea, Natasha Abstract: With an ongoing focus on the metropolises of the global South, a research team at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland is currently investigating urban... Publication date: 2014-11 Type: magazine/newspaper article

A Tale of Tribals, Traders and Tubers : The political ecology of forest degradation in Madhya Pradesh Author(s): Véron, R. Editor(s): Guha, A.; Chakrabarty, F.; Bose, K.S. Publication date: 2014 Type: chapter Book: Panorama of Development : Challenges ahead

Habiter touristique et agencement de l'espace urbain : le cas de Los Angeles : recherche sur le concours des compétences des individus quant à leurs manières de faire avec les épreuves spatiales d'une métapole touristique Author(s): Lucas, L. Abstract: Vivre, c'est passer d'un espace à un autre en essayant le plus possible de ne pas se cogner déclamait George Pérec. Cet énoncé poétiquement géographique... Publication date: 2014 Type: doctoral thesis

Urban geography in the era of globalization : the cities of the future. Emerging knowledge and urban regulations Author(s): Da Cunha, Antonio; Mager, Christophe; Matthey, L.aurent; Pini, Giuseppe; Rozenblat, Céline; Véron, René Publication date: 2012 DOI: 10.5194/gh-67-67-2012 Type: journal article Journal: Geographica helvetica

Politics of middlemen and political society Author(s): Corbridge, S; Williams, G; Srivastava, M; Véron, R Editor(s): Gudavarthy, A Publication date: 2012 DOI: 10.7135/UPO9780857289469.009 Type: chapter Book: Re-framing democracy and agency in India

State power and protected areas: Dynamics and contradictions of forest conservation in Madhya Pradesh, India Author(s): Véron, René; Fehr, Garry Abstract: The traditionally coercive and state-controlled governance of protected areas for nature conservation in developing countries has in many cases undergone change in the context of... Publication date: 2011 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2011.05.004 Type: journal article Journal: Political Geography

Micro-insurance through corporate-NGO partnerships in West Bengal : opportunities and constraints Author(s): Véron, R.; Majumdar, A. Abstract: This Practical Note examines the nascent micro-insurance sector in West Bengal, paying particular attention to the corporate- NGO partnership model for micro-insurance distribution,which has been... Publication date: 2011 DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2011.530229 Type: journal article Journal: Development in Practice

Small Cities, Neoliberal Governance and Sustainable Development in the Global South: A Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda Author(s): Véron, René Abstract: Development and environmental issues of small cities in developing countries have largely been overlooked although these settlements are of global demographic importance and often face... Publication date: 2010-09-06 DOI: 10.3390/su2092833 Type: journal article Journal: Sustainability

Seeing the state again Author(s): Corbridge, Stuart; Williams, Glyn; Srivastava, Manoj; Véron, René Publication date: 2007 DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.11.020 Type: review article Journal: Geoforum

Cashing in India's forests : globalisation, reform and medicinal plants in Madhya Pradesh Author(s): Fehr, Garry; Véron, René Editor(s): Nayak, B.S. Publication date: 2007 Type: chapter Book: Nationalizing crises : The political economy of public policy in contemporary India

Globalization and the poor : sustaining rural livelihoods Author(s): Srivastava, R. S.; Véron, R.; Asthana, M. D. Publication date: 2006-03 Type: other

Decentralized Corruption or Corrupt Decentralization? Community Monitoring of Poverty-Alleviation Schemes in Eastern India Author(s): Véron, René; Williams, Glyn; Corbridge, Stuart; Srivastava, Manoj Abstract: Democratic decentralization and community participation often stand at the center of an agenda of "good governance" that aims to reduce corruption and increase the state's... Publication date: 2006 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.11.024 Type: journal article Journal: World Development

Unintended consequences : ex-situ cultivation of medicinal plants and forest resource depletion in Madhya Pradesh Author(s): Véron, René; Fehr, Garry Publication date: 2006 Type: journal article Journal: Inform

Remaking urban environments : the political ecology of air pollution in Delhi Author(s): Véron, René Abstract: In the growing field of urban political ecology, so far not much attention has been paid to air-quality and related policies. In this paper I... Publication date: 2006 DOI: 10.1068/a37449 Type: journal article Journal: Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space

Globalization and the poor : sustaining rural livelihood Author(s): Srivastava R, S; Véron, René; Asthana M, D Publication date: 2005-06 Type: other

Globalization and the poor : sustaining rural livelihoods in India Author(s): Srivastava, R. S.; Véron, R. Publication date: 2005 Type: report

Seeing the State : Governance and governmentality in rural India Author(s): Corbridge, Stuart; Williams, Glyn; Srivastava, Manoj; Véron, René Abstract: Poor people confront the state on an everyday basis all over the world. But how do they see the state, and how are these engagements... Publication date: 2005 DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511492211 Type: book Book: Contemporary South Asia

Globalisierung und Agrarproduktmärkte in Kerala : Die Beispiele Cashew und Kautschuk Author(s): Véron, René; Strasser, Balz; Geiser, Urs Publication date: 2004 Type: journal article Journal: Geographische Rundschau

Participation and Power : Poor People's Engagement with India's Employment Assurance Scheme Author(s): Williams, Glyn; Véron, René; Corbridge, Stuart; Srivastava, Manoj Abstract: 'Participation' has become an essential part of good developmental practice for Southern governments, NGOs and international agencies alike. In this article we reflect critically on... Publication date: 2003 DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00300 Type: journal article Journal: Development and Change

Making social science matter - II : How the rural poor see the state in rural Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal Author(s): Corbridge, Stuart; Williams, Glyn; Srivastava, Manoj; Véron, René Abstract: Part I of this paper, which appeared last week, described the patterns of participation of the rural poor in state-sponsored schemes and the characteristics of... Publication date: 2003 Type: journal article Journal: Economic and Political Weekly

The Everyday State and Political Society in Eastern India : Structuring Access to the Employment Assurance Scheme Author(s): Véron, René; Corbridge, Stuart; Williams, Glyn; Srivastava, Manoj Abstract: The positive roles that political parties might play in development have recently been downplayed in favour of accounts of the virtues of civil society and... Publication date: 2003 DOI: 10.1080/00220380412331333129 Type: journal article Journal: The Journal of Development Studies

Enhancing pro-poor governance in Eastern India : participation, politics and action research Author(s): Williams, Glyn; Srivastava, Manoj; Corbridge, Stuart; Véron, René Abstract: This paper uses the experience of a recent programme of action research in Eastern India to reflect on the use of participatory ideals within governance... Publication date: 2003 DOI: 10.1191/1464993403ps059ra Type: journal article Journal: Progress in Development Studies

Brainstorming modified logframes and the conversion of research hypotheses into field questions: reflections from team-based fieldwork in Eastern India Author(s): Corbridge, Stuart; Williams, Glyn; Srivastava, Manoj; Véron, René Publication date: 2003 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9493.00155 Type: journal article Journal: Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Making social science matter - I : How the local state works in rural Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal Author(s): Corbridge, Stuart; Williams, Glyn; Srivastava, Manoj; Véron, René Abstract: The state in its efforts to meet the needs of the poor has four major functions of governance - developmental, empowermental, protective and disciplinary. This... Publication date: 2003 Type: journal article Journal: Economic and Political Weekly

Making sense of the local state : Rent-seeking, vernacular society and the Employment Assurance Scheme in eastern India Author(s): Srivastava, Manoj; Corbridge, Stuart; Véron, René; Williams, Glyn Abstract: This paper opens a window on the local state in eastern India. It studies the ways in which government officers in five districts of Bihar... Publication date: 2002 DOI: 10.1080/0958493032000057690 Type: journal article Journal: Contemporary South Asia

Enhancing pro-poor governance in West Bengal and Biha, India (West Bengal) Author(s): Véron, René; Williams, Glyn; Sarkar, Dibyendu; Srivastava, Manoj; Corbridge, Stuart Publication date: 2001 Type: report

Rural poverty, the development state and spaces of empowerment in West Bengal and Bihar Author(s): Corbridge, Stuart; Williams, Glyn; Srivastava, Manoj; Véron, René Publication date: 2001 Type: report

The "new" Kerala model : lessons for sustainable development Author(s): Véron, René Abstract: The "Kerala model of development" has won wide international attention for its achievements in regard to social development and, to a certain extent, environmental sustainability.... Publication date: 2001 DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(00)00119-4 Type: journal article Journal: World Development

Primary Education in West Bengal Author(s): Véron, René Publication date: 2000-10 Type: report Book: Field Report

Whose knowledge matters? Traders, farmers and mango development projects in Kerala, India Author(s): Véron, René Abstract: I have noticed that those involved in development projects involving commercial farming are beginning to realize that the knowledge of farmers is of considerable value.... Publication date: 2000 Type: case study Journal: Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor

Sustainability and the "new" Kerala model Author(s): Véron, René Editor(s): Parayil, Govindan Publication date: 2000 Type: book part Book: Kerala : the development experience : reflections on sustainability and replicability

The Employment Assurance Scheme in West Bengal Author(s): Véron, René Publication date: 2000 Type: report Book: Field Report

Real markets and environmental change in Kerala, India : a new understanding of the impact of crop markets on sustainable development Author(s): Véron, René Abstract: Environmental degradation is an increasingly serious problem for Third World countries, and one that has a major impact on the health and livelihoods of the... Publication date: 1999 DOI: 10.4324/9780429448324 Type: book

Markets, Environment and Development in South India Author(s): Véron, René Publication date: 1998 Type: doctoral thesis

Märkte contra Nachhaltige Entwicklung? Cashew- und Ananasanbau in Kerala, Indien Author(s): Véron, René Editor(s): Kohlhepp, Gerd; Coy, Martin Abstract: Markets Against Sustainable Development? Cultivation of Cashew and Pineapple in Kerala, India -- In the light of economic liberalization, persisting poverty and increasing environmental degradation... Publication date: 1998 Type: book part Book: Mensch-Umwelt-Beziehungen und nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Dritten Welt

Pineapple-related land management and pineapple markets in Kerala: description of processes in three localities from an action-oriented perspective Author(s): Véron, René Publication date: 1998 Type: working paper

Konstituierung von Kleinunternehmer-Selbsthilfegruppen in städtischen Java, Indonesien Author(s): Véron, René Publication date: 1994 DOI: 10.5194/gh-49-125-1994 Type: journal article Journal: Geographica Helvetica

Kleinunternehmer-Selbsthilfegruppen im städtischen Java, Indonesien Author(s): Véron, René Publication date: 1993 Type: master thesis