Contents
Undertaking iii
Certificate v
Acknowledgements vii
Abstract ix
Table of contents . xi
List of figures xv
List of tables xvii
Abbreviations xix
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background 1
1.1.1 The Trajectory of India’s Urban Policy Development 1
1.2 The idea of an Indian Smart Cities 3
1.2.1 The ‘Loose Fit, Light Touch’ Framework 5
1.3 Collateral Study 5
1.3.1 Smart cities concept globally 5
1.3.2 Smart cities as a metaphor for urban modernity 6
1.3.3 Smart cities prophecy by developed and developing nations 6
1.3.4 Indian Smart Cities Mission Implementation mechanism . 7
1.3.5 Problem statement 8
1.4 Research question 8
1.5 Aim & Objective 9
1.6 Scope & Limitations 9
1.7 Research Framework 9
1.8 Methodology 11
2 DECODING THE INDIAN SMART CITY MISSION GUIDELINE13
2.1 SCAP 1: Conceptualising Smart Cities for India 14
2.2 SCAP 2: Pilot City Selection 16
2.2.1 Process of selection of Smart Cities 17
2.2.2 Sample city selection for study 19
2.3 SCAP 3: Smart Cities Plan 19
2.4 SCAP 4: Project Identification by the cities 22
2.5 SCAP 5: Implementation of plans & projects 24
2.6 SCAP 6: Monitoring & Evaluation 24
3 PRE-IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS 25
3.1 Defining Pre-implementation 25
3.2 Assessment matrices making 27
3.3 Project Formulation Stage 28
3.3.1 Assessment Matrices 28
3.3.2 Key Observations: 30
3.4 Project Finance estimation 32
3.4.1 Assessment Matrices 32
3.4.2 Key Observations 35
3.5 Project Governance 37
3.5.1 Assessment Matrices 37
3.5.2 Key Observations 39
3.5.3 Way Forward 39
4 GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE FOR IMPLEMENTATION 40
4.1 Urban Governance . 40
4.2 The rationale of Special Purpose Vehicles for implementation . 41
4.2.1 Special Purpose Vehicles 41
4.2.2 SPV under Smart Cities Mission 42
4.3 Actor-Network Theory 49
4.3.1 ANT 1: Urban governance for policy implementation before the
Smart Cities Mission 49
4.3.2 ANT 2: Urban governance for policy implementation in the Smart
Cities Mission 50
4.4 SPV Organisation 54
4.4.1 Pune, Maharashtra. 54
4.4.2 Indore, Madhya Pradesh 58
4.4.3 Udaipur, Rajasthan 61
4.4.4 Comparative Analysis & Observations 63
5 DRIVING THE CHANGE 64
5.1 Recommendations 66
5.1.1 Governance Structure for implementation 66
5.1.2 Pre-implementation process 69
5.2 Conclusion 70
Interviewees 71
References 72
Appendix 1: Assessment Matrices data source xxi
Appendix 2: Questionnaire sample & Discussion highlights xxii