Contents o Editorial 1 o Urban Land Tenure 1 -17 Ramanath Jha, IAS Former Regional Advisor, UMP ISA) UN-HABITAT and Commissioner (Exdsel, Government of Maharashtra o Human Rights 18 - 21 Subhash Lalla, M.S. fRetd.) Hon. Member, Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission o Public Private Partnership 22 - 27 Nandini Y. Kapdi IA & AS o Women in Local Government 28 - 40 Dr. (Prof.) Sneha Palnitkar Director, Regional Centre for Urban & Environmental Studies All India Institute of Local Self-Covernment, Mumbai. o Institutionalizing Community Participation in Civic 41 - 45 Govemance:Building on Past Experiences Dr. Amita Bhide Reader, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai o Integrated Urban Housing Development 46 - 66 Dr. Stuti Lall Prof, and Associate Director Society for Development Studies, New Delhi o Gender Budgeting in India - Cities, Gender Budgeting 67 - 75 and Civic Goverance Dr. Vibhuti Patel, Director, P.G.S. R.Prof. & HOD, University Department of Economics, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai o Vision for Sustainable Urbanization in Asia-Pacific 2020 76 - 85 Dr. Dinesh AAehta Professor Emeritus, CEPT University, Ahmedabad o Additions to the RCUES, AIILSG Library 86 -118