Drivers of Climate Change in Urban India Social Values, Lifestyles, and Consumer Dynamics in an Emerging Megacity By: Lutz Meyer-Ohlendorf Publisher: Springer Print ISBN: 9783319966694, 3319966693 eText ISBN: 9783319966700, 3319966707 Copyright year: 2019 Format: EPUB Available from $ 139.00 USD SKU 9783319966700 This study transcends the homogenizing (inter-)national level of argumentation (‘rich’ versus ‘poor’ countries), and instead looks at a sub-national level in two respects: (1) geographically it focuses on the rapidly growing megacity of Hyderabad; (2) in socio-economic terms the urban population is disaggregated by taking a lifestyle typology approach. For the first time, the lifestyle concept – traditionally being used in affluent consumer societies – is applied to a dynamically transforming and socially heterogeneous urban society. Methodically, the author includes India-specific value orientations as well as social practices as markers of social structural differentiation. The study identifies differentials of lifestyle-induced GHG emissions (carbon footprints) and underlines the ambiguity of a purely income based differentiation with regard to the levels of contribution to the climate problem. Download eBook Free: https://ouo.io/XCcUpT
