TY - GEN AU - Sivaramakrishnan, K. C. TI - Governance of megacities : fractured thinking, fragmented setup SN - 9780199454136 U1 - 307.764 PY - 2015/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - N1 - 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 ER -