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Urbanisation in India : challenges, opportunities and the way forward / edited by Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Ravi Kanbur and P. K. Mohanty.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urbanization--India.
- Urbanization.
- Urban policy--India.
- Urban policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (358 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi, India : Sage Publications, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Urban areas are integral to India's growth and development, accounting for around two-thirds of the country's GDP. Analysing India's rapidly expanding process of urbanisation, the book identifies the key challenges and opportunities and proposes suitable managerial and policy reforms. It addresses critical issues and puts forth suggestions for better planning financing alternatives and, most importantly, better governance for improved service delivery and affordable housing. Divided thematically into three sections, the volume takes into account the important facets of urbanisation, including the state of urban infrastructure and planning in India with due attention to sustainability, the role of finance in urban development and its dependence on governance, and methods to generate good governance in public institutions, and the impact on housing and climate change. The 11 essays included in this book have been written by leading analysts and practitioners, who propose critical reforms and policy interventions. The volume will be indispensable to students and scholars of urban economics, development studies, urban planning, business practitioners, policymakers as well as the informed general reader.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 - Challenges of Urbanisation in India: An Overview
- SECTION I - Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Sustainability
- 2 - Urban Infrastructure and Service Delivery
- 3 - Planning and Markets for Urban Development in India
- 4 - Sustainable Urban Living
- SECTION II - Finance and Governance
- 5 - A Municipal Financing Framework
- 6 - Market Worthiness and Urban Local Governments
- 7 - The Practice of PPP in Urban Infrastructure
- 8 - Governance and Fiscal Federalism
- SECTION III - Inclusion and Governance
- 9 - Generating Demand for Good Governance
- 10 - Integrating Redevelopment of Slums in City Planning
- 11 - Affordable Housingin Urban India
- About the Editors and Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 81-321-1959-2
- OCLC:
- 881292980
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