CONTENTS Preface v 1. Urban Reforms and Challenges of Governance 1-43 1.1. Status of Urban Life 1.2. Cities as Centres of Indian Life 1.3. Urban Demographic Trends 1.4. Urban Infrastructure 1.5. Institutional Arrangements 1.6. Revenue of ULBs 1.7. Urban Reforms 1.8. Challenges of Urban Governance 1.9. Confronting the Challenges 2. Challenges of Urban Planning 44-68 2.1. Feature of Urban Planning in India 2.2. Duties of Urban Local Bodies 2.3. Issues in Urban Planning 2.4. The Master plan Approach 2.5. Challenges for ULBs 2.6. Making of Modern Delhi-A Case Study of Indian Urban Planning 2.7. Shortcomings of Urban Planning in India 3. Decentralised Urban Governance 69-82 3.1. Decentralisation in India 3.2. Conceptualisation and Measurement of Decentralisation 3.3. Decentralisation Process in Urban India 3.4. Financing Urban Basic Services 4. Metropolitan Governance: Challenges and Perspectives 83-108 4.1. Governance and Metropolitan ism 4.2. Modernisation of Metropolitan Governance 4.3. Metropolitan Governance Approaches 4.4. Models of Metropolitan Urban Governance 5. Urban Governance and Basic Amenities 109-141 5.1. Urbanisation and Migration 5.2. Changing Urban Structure 5.3. Level of Basic Amenities 5.4. Basic Services - Recommendations of Agenda 21 5.5. Initiatives to Improve Provision of Services 5.6. Infrastructure Financing 6. Meeting the Challenges of Urban Transportation 142-156 6.1. Vehicular Growth 6.2. Transport Infrastructure 6.3. Congestion and Road Safety Issues 6.4. Measures to Improve Urban Transportation 7. Urban Health Strategy 157-169 7.1. National Urban Health Mission 7.2. Key Strategies of NUHM 8. Urban E-Governance 170-192 8.1. E-Governance Initiatives 8.2.Challenges of E-Governance 8.3. National E-governance Plan 8.4. E-Govornance: Issues of ULBs 8.5. Capacity Building for E-governance 9. Urban Disaster Management 193-229 9.1. Vulnerability of Indian Cities to Disasters 9.2. Nature of Urban Risks 9.3. Recent Disasters in Urban Areas 9.4. Integrating Disaster Mitigation in Urban Planning 9.5. Recent Initiatives for Urban Risk Reduction 9.6. Sustainable through Preventive Planning 10. Towards Good Urban Governance 230-263 10.1. National Initiatives for Good Urban Governance 10.2. Global Campaign for Good Urban Governance 10.3. Governance for Sustainable Development 10.4. Efforts Towards Urban Sustainability 10.5. Future Concerns Bibliography 264-268 Index 269-272