This final chapter summarizes the main contributions of the book and provides some ideas on carrying forward the research and action research agenda presented in this book. The peri-urban requires concerted engagement and new, transformative, policy approaches. Continued reliance on formal policy approaches is likely to have only a limited impact or even to be counterproductive. Strong partnerships across academics and civil society organizations are required in order to create a stronger scientific discourse on the peri-urban, as well as to catalyze changes within and beyond peri-urban spaces. While selective state apathy towards the peri-urban needs correction, the messy and transitory nature of peri-urban spaces will require engagements across a wide spectrum of actors beyond the state. An understanding of these approaches is necessary before prescribing “policy reforms” for the peri-urban.
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Roth, D., & Narain, V. (2021). Concluding Reflections: Towards Alternative Peri-Urban Futures? In Water Security, Conflict and Cooperation in Peri-Urban South Asia: Flows across Boundaries (pp. 171–180). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79035-6_9
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