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020 _a9780199454136
082 _a307.764
_bSIV
100 _aSivaramakrishnan, K. C.
_933578
245 _aGovernance of megacities : fractured thinking, fragmented setup
260 _aNew Delhi
_bOxford University Press
_c2015
300 _axli,326,ip.
505 _aCONTENTS 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
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