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Re-visioning Indian Cities probes the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) right from its inception to its present-day avatar. The book significantly adds to the knowledge base on the urban history of India.
Commencing with a historical background of the JNNURM, the book traces the evolution of public policy in India on urban growth. In the process it provides an understanding of the complex urban issues and examines whether the JNNURM is a project response or a policy response to these problems.
The rationale behind the choice of the cities covered by the Mission, the scope and coverage of the work undertaken and the progress till date are extensively discussed. The formidable problems of mega-city governance and the difficulties of correlating rural and urban development at the district level are reviewed.
The Mission's Journey: Thus Far and the Way Ahead
The Mission's Journey: Thus Far and the Way Ahead
Narratives about urbanization, its pattern and pace have been numerous. Today, there is an increasing emphasis on faster infrastructure development and affordable housing. Artificial and speculative increases in land prices and the exclusion of vast sections of the society are frequently heard complaints. At the same time, monetization of urban land is also advocated as a feasible model. Designing a legal framework for a grant of ‘inheritable but inalienable rights’ in housing for the poor, reservation of land in extended urban areas in anticipation of future growth, working out a more effective instrument of reaching credit for employment and stemming the furious pace of the conversion of agricultural ...
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