| Description |
1 online resource (353 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 -- Cities and Agglomeration Economies; 2 -- Fallacy of Over-urbanization; 3 -- Spatial Planning, Transportation, and Land Use; 4 -- Right to the City: Making Urbanization Inclusive; 5 -- Financing City Development and Services; 6 -- Using Urban Landas a Resource; 7 -- Institutional Framework for Good Urban Governance; 8 -- Cities and Public Policy: An Urban Agenda for India; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
The twenty-first century will witness a rapid urban expansion in the developing world. India, it is believed, will be at the forefront of such a phenomenon. This book acknowledges the role of agglomeration externalities as the cornerstone of urban public policy in India. Arguing that hypotheses of over-urbanization and urban bias theory-which articulated a negative view of urbanization-are based on fragile theoretical as well as empirical foundations, this book calls for proactive |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Urban policy -- India
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Urbanization -- India
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
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Urban policy
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Urbanization
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India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789351500476 |
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9351500470 |
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