000			03644 a2200157 4500
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082			_a307.760954 _bGAN
100			_aGandhi, Feroze Varun _994966
245			_aIndian metropolis : deconstructing India's urban spaces
260			_aNew Delhi _bRupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd. _c2023
300			_axvi,824p.
505			_aContents PREFACE: A NATIONAL CONVERSATION ON URBANIZATION XI CITIES REMAIN STUCK XIII RETHINKING URBAN SYSTEMS XIV CHAPTER I : ON URBANIZATION 1 ON INDIA's URBAN JOURNEY 5 ON DELHI'S URBAN TRADITION 18 ON SIZING INDIAN CITIES 27 ON DEFINING URBANIZATION 30 GOING BEYOND METROS 44 ON KANPUR'S FALL 45 ON MORADABAD's DECLINE 57 ON PATNA'S LOST POTENTIAL 58 LIVING IN URBAN INDIA 66 BIBLIOGRAPHY 82 CHAPTER II : ON WATER AVAILABILITY 93 ON SOLYING WATER AVAILABILITY 108 ON GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT 117 ON HIMALAYAN TOWNS 120 ON PRIVATE TANKERS 122 ON WATER QUALITY AND TREATMENT 126 ON WATER PRICING 137 ON POLICY RESPONSE 149 ON SMALL WATER ENTERPRISES 157 A WAY FORWARD 163 BIBLIOGRAPHY 165 CHAPTER III : ON URBAN CRIME 177 ON CRIME IN INDIA 177 THE URBAN CHALLENGE 184 ON CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN 187 ON POLICE CAPACITY 193 ON INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE 196 WORKLOAD ON THE POLICE 202 ON POLICE REFORMS 205 CUSTODIAL REFORMS 209 A NEW ERA OF CYBER CRIME 211 BOOSTING CAPACITY 215 ENABLING POLICE AUTONOMY 218 A WAY FORWARD 220 BIBLIOGRAPHY 224 CHAPTER IV : ON HEALTHCARE 233 THE COLONIAL EXPERIENCE 235 ON STATUS OF URBAN HEALTHCARE 239 ON HEALTHCARE DELIVERY 247 ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HEALTHCARE 253 ON HEALTHCARE QUALITY 268 ON COST OF HEALTHCARE 271 REFORMING HEALTHCARE 281 ON HEALTHCARE INSURANCE 299 PREPARING FOR EPIDEMICS 314 PURSUING UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE 323 BIBLIOGRAPHY 334 CHAPTER V : ON URBAN TRANSPORTATION 338 ON BUSES 350 ON RAIL OPTIONS 362 ON TRANSPORT POLICY 371 ON INNOVATIONS IN TRANSPORTATION 393 A WAY FORWARD 411 ANNEXURE 419 BIBLIOGRAPHY 420 CHAPTER VI : ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING 428 ON INDIA’S HOUSING MARKET 428 ON HOUSING POLICY 440 ON RENTING 445 ON PUBLIC HOUSING 452 ON SLUM RESETTLEMENT 456 ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING 464 A WAY FORWARD 483 BIBLIOGRAPHY 487 CHAPTER VII : ON URBAN UNEMPLOYMENT AND BUSINESSES 497 ON INDIA' s EMPLOYMENT CRISIS 504 THE CHALLENGE OF EMPLOYMENT 507 ON DETERMINANTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT 515 GENDER AND LABOUR PARTICIPATION 518 ON THE INFORMAL SECTOR 526 FLA WED LABOUR LAWS 532 DILEMMA OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS 543 MODERNIZING EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES 550 URBAN EMPLOYMENT POLICY 555 ENCOURAGING STREET HAWKING 561 THE GIG ECONOMY MAGIC 569 URBAN EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES 571 CREATING A UNIVERSAL BASIC SERVICES PROGRAMME 580 INCENTJVIZING GOVERNMENT WORKERS AND JOB CREATION 584 PUSH FOR GREEN JOBS 594 PROMOTING URBAN BUSINESSES 596 EASE OF DOING BUSINESS 603 EMPOWERING THE SUBALTERN 617 COST OF DOING BUSINESS 619 FUNCTIONING OF COMMERCIAL COURTS 623 A WAY FORWARD 628 ANNEXURE 632 BIBLIOGRAPHY 637 CHAPTER VIII : ON URBAN FINANCING 647 ON MUNICIPAL FINANCES 650 PROPERTY TAXES 658 ON URBAN LAND VALUE CAPTURE 670 REFORMING URBAN FINANCES 677 ON ALTERNATIVE FUNDING 682 ENABLING FINANCING 685 BIBLIOGRAPHY 688 CHAPTER IX : ON URBAN PLANNING 692 THE CURRENT STATUS 710 LAND POLICY AND ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION 722 LAND POOLING 727 REFORMING URBAN PLANNING 736 ON SANITATION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT 741 URBAN DESIGN AND SUSTAINABILITY 744 DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT 764 A WAY FORWARD 766 BIBLIOGRAPHY 782 INDEX 784
890			_aIndia
891			_aFP
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