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Emergence of huge number of cities in India and China: Issues of degradation of quality of living

Emergence of huge number of cities in India and China: Issues of degradation of quality of living. Dilip Sankarreddy. Save Bombay Committee, NGO, India. Agenda. Discuss the phenomenon of rapid urbanization in developing and transitional economies

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Emergence of huge number of cities in India and China: Issues of degradation of quality of living

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  1. Emergence of huge number of cities in India and China: Issues of degradation of quality of living Dilip Sankarreddy Save Bombay Committee, NGO, India

  2. Agenda • Discuss the phenomenon of rapid urbanization in developing and transitional economies • Highlight the emergence of huge number of cities in India and China • Discuss the problems and challenges • Seek formulation of a generalized solution

  3. Viewing world through population density Source: CIESIN

  4. Dangerous combination • Rapid economic growth due to globalization • Vast areas • High-density population • Host of peculiar local constraints • Ineffective local administrative bodies

  5. Banding the cities based on population

  6. Indian cities in band 1

  7. Chinese cities in band 1

  8. Indian cities in bands 1 and 2

  9. Chinese cities in bands 1 and 2

  10. Indian cities in bands 1, 2 and 3

  11. Chinese cities in bands 1, 2 and 3

  12. Indian cities in bands 1, 2, 3 and 4

  13. Chinese cities in bands 1, 2, 3 and 4

  14. Comparison of cities across bands

  15. Few constraints • Creation of electoral constituencies such as to diminish the territorial significance of urban areas • Lack of mature and professional city-governing bodies • Lack of adequate information in public domain

  16. Towards formulation of a generalized solution • Devolution of more powers to city-governing bodies • Building city-wise institutions for urban planning that help create effective territorial entities • Framing of rules to ensure better administrative accountability • Creating means for lasting coordination between all administrative establishments across all cities • Exploring the possibility of arriving at territorial suggestive upper limits of output

  17. Towards formulation of a generalized solution(Contd.) • Marginal de-politicizing of urban administration by giving administrative role to urban experts • Creating professional regulation bodies and watchdog agencies • City administration should be made accountable not only for the administration of the city, but also for the environmental well-being of the suburbs • Open all practices of administration to public scrutiny and debate

  18. Thank you! dilips_10@yahoo.com www.dilipsankarreddy.com

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