CONTENTS
List of Tables, figures and Boxes vii
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xv
List of Abbreviations xvii
Introduction xxiii
Introduction
1 Definitions and Demographics 1
2 Planning for the Metropolitan Region: The Indian Experience 20
3 Metropolitan Regions: Is there a Governance System Now? 36
4 Infrastructure and Services 56
5 Land Management 82
6 Energy, Ecology and Environment 105
7 Economy, Livelihoods and People 125
8 Resource Mobilization 158
9 Tasks and Challenges 185
10 Megacity Governance; International Experience 208
11 Towards Alternative Entity for Metropolitan Governance 226
Postscripts 250
City Statistical Appendices 253
Appendix A.1 Mumbai 255
Appendix A.2 Kolkata 265
Appendix A.3 Bangalore 273
Appendix A.4 Chennai 285
Appendix A.5 Hyderabad 295
References 303
Index 313
About the Author 327