Processes of peri-urban resource – livelihood transitions: Glimpses from the periphery of greater Mumbai city, India

•Resource and livelihood transitions are complexly entwined in peri-urban villages.•Water scarcity in Mumbai peri-urban spaces is linked to land-livelihood transitions.•Routine processes of transition lead to a gradual erosion of land and water rights.•Existing resource governance mechanisms in the peri-urban regions are weak and inept.