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Deconstructing Inclusive Urban Prosperity

Deconstructing Inclusive Urban Prosperity. Dr. Ajith Kaliyath Environment Specialist, South Asia Urban K-Hub National institute of Urban Affairs.

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Deconstructing Inclusive Urban Prosperity

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  1. Deconstructing Inclusive Urban Prosperity Dr. AjithKaliyath Environment Specialist, South Asia Urban K-Hub National institute of Urban Affairs

  2. Harvey’s (2003) reminded us that "nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequals“.Thisis a strong pointer against the way ‘agglomeration economies’ have been chasing prosperity without incorporating the needs of the less fortunate sections within cities.

  3. What shape cities? Spatial interplay of culture and capital. A. Culture 1) emotions 2) knowledge 3) values B. Capital 1) natural 2) financial 3) technological

  4. The World Charter on the Right to the City (2004) • The Charter states that “the city is a culturally rich and diversified collective spacethat pertains to all of its inhabitants.” • The Charter envisions that “all persons have the Right to the City free of discrimination based on gender, age, health status, income, nationality, ethnicity, migratory condition, or political, religious or sexual orientation, and to preserve cultural memory and identity in conformity with the principles and norms established in the Charter”.

  5. Key Facts • According to Census 2011, 31.16% of India's population lives in 7935 urban areas. • Among these, 13.75 million households in 2,543 statutory towns are part of slums. • The Census 2001 revealed that out of 1.94 million homeless people in India, 0.77 million lived in urban areas. By 2011, the number of homeless people in the country have increased to 2.24 million. • Past research has produced evidences on the contribution of the urban poor to the local economy. • It is time that urban sector policies and scheme integrate strategies to enhance the social and economic conditions of the deprived sections of the society.

  6. Recent Initiatives of Government of India for Urban Poor 2005: Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission • Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) • Integrated Housing & Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) 2007: National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy 2008: Interest Subsidy for Housing for Urban Poor (IHSUP) 2009: Affordable Housing Partnership 2009: Revamped SwarnaJayantiRozgarYojana 2009: Revised Street Vendor’s Policy and Model Law on Street Vendors 2012: Rajiv AwazYojana Phase-1

  7. Striving for Inclusive Cities The State of the Urban Poor Report (2013) of Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India remarks that “city inclusiveness is about promoting equity, about creating cities where all can participate in their social, economic and political dynamics. Inclusiveness is crucial for effectively achieving sustainable urban development.”

  8. Chennai in context • 19%of Chennai's population lived in slums whereas their contribution to the city's economy was 14% (Sridhar and Reddy :2013).

  9. UN Habitat City Prosperity Index (CPI) (2012) • City Prosperity Index envisions a people-centred city, one that is prepared to integrate the tangible and intangibleelements of prosperity. • A prosperous city institutionalises a profusion of public goods and formulates policies and actions for sustainable use while ensuring equitable access to all sections of the society.

  10. Understanding City Prosperity • According to the UN Habitat's State of the Cities Report 2012, “the prevailing views on prosperity did not consider dimensions other than economic growth and thereby could not offer a comprehensive framework that can facilitate sustained well-being of individuals and societies.” • The City Prosperity Index has the following six components such as 1) equity and social inclusion, 2) productivity, 3) environmental sustainability, 4) quality of life and 5) infrastructure and 6) urban governance and legislation.

  11. Inclusive Urban Prosperity • Since the barriers to prosperity faced by various social groups in Indian cities needed an in-depth and contextualised analysis, the idea of inclusive urban prosperity was conceived. • Inclusive urban prosperity offers a new vision for integrating the needs of the poor into urban planning and governance. • Inclusive urban prosperity framework is envisioned as a policy tool that can facilitate the upward mobility requirements of the urban poor including safe houses, skills, access to finance, health, access to services and social integration. • This aim to enable meaningful involvement of the urban poor in the growth trajectory through policies and capacity building initiatives.

  12. Inclusive Urban Prosperity • Though inequity represents a wide range of social barriers to prosperity, the cultural connotations and political processes swing widely between Indian cities. • One of the major challenges in Indian cities is the lack of a cohesive vision on city prosperity among the key stakeholders such as government, industry, business, academia, Residents Associations and media. • This calls for studying the local and cultural barriers to inclusive prosperity before a national level policy is attempted.

  13. Ideating Inclusive Urban Prosperity Framework

  14. Critical Steps • Preparation of concept paper and review by ADB • Expert Group Meeting • Review of reports and secondary data from the cities • Empirical Surveys • Preparation of inclusive urban prosperity framework • Setting up City Level Multi-Stakeholder Group • Setting up City Level Research Consortium/Hubs • National Consultation with key stakeholders • Drafting Policy Brief on Inclusive Prosperity

  15. South Asia Urban Knowledge Hub • Joint initiative of the Governments of India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in partnership by Asian Development Bank. • The first phase of K-Hub is between July 2014 and June 2017. • National Institute of Urban Affairs hosts the national centre for India and is also the Regional Hub. • The goal of the national hub for India is to integrate the needs of the urban poor into policy-making processes by 2025.

  16. South Asia K-Hub’s Strategic Interventions 1. To influence decision makers, in at least six cities, to adopt an inclusive prosperity framework. 2. To influence decision makers to plan for innovative onsite sanitation solutions as compared to conventional network using evidence from case studies of four urban areas. 3. To promote evidence-based urban research in south Asia for better policy making, project planning and implementation, monitoring and evaluation through standardisation and analysis of regional data on demographic, social, and economic indicators. 4. To promote recommendations for improved Masters in Urban Planning programme for inclusive urban planningand service delivery to the Board of Studies(BoS) and Academic Council (AC) in the 4 national planning schools in India. 5. To actively contribute to and facilitate ongoing communications, collaboration, and learning across national centres and donor(s)/stakeholders

  17. ThankYou

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