CONTENTS 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Urbanization in Kerala 3 1.3 Need for Study 6 1.4. Proposed Methodology 7 1.5. Scope and Limitation 8 2. Literature Review 9 2.1 Urbanization, Governance and Collaboration 9 2.2 Strength, Weakness, Oppurtunities and Threats of Collaboration in Governance 12 2.3 Case study: METRO VANCOUVER 14 3. The context – Governance of City – Kochi, Kerala 20 3.1 Overview 20 3.2 Governance, Urbanisation and Authorities Involved 20 3.3 After CAA of 1992 26 3.4 Devolution of Powers 28 3.5 District Planning Committee 29 3.6 Present – Governance, Planning and Institutions 33 3.7 City, Institutions and their Roles 33 4. Need for Collaborative Governance 38 4.1 Kerala and Urban management 38 4.2 Initiatives or avenues for collaboration 41 4.2.1 Effectiveness 42 4.3 Governance and collaboration 42 4.4 City, Planning, Collaboration and Governance 43 4.5 Immediate context: CDP of Greater Kochi Region for JNNURM 45 4.6 How and why Collaboration is the Key 47 4.7 Recommendation 48 5. Conclusion 52 Annexures 53 Bibliography 60