Misra, B.
Reforms in urban governance - Vol.20(2), Apr-Jun - New Delhi Institute of Town Planners 2023 - 11-23p.
Rapid urbanization and growth of cities have played increasingly pivotal role in country’s
development and transformation from rural to urban. For sustaining this progress, the
country needs to be sensitive to urban governance. Main objectives of urban governance are
to provide better quality of living for all residents, to be proactive and get prepared to meet
emerging challenges in fast changing urban scenario and create investment environment
conducive to maintain sustainable development. The paper focuses on highlighting the
lack in the main pillars of urban governance and the fault lines in governance. Major fault
lines in urban governance are lack of a holistic approach to govern both urban and rural
areas; inadequate empowerment of the ULBs; lack of strict monitoring and action to stop
unplanned urban growth; extreme poor delivery of urban services; inadequate mechanisms
for generating institutional capital and innovative financing; implementation of PPP
mechanisms in development projects and more importantly poor peoples’ participation in
decision making. The paper attempts to focus on selected four fault lines in urban governance
and ends with suggested actions to ameliorate this situation.
ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)
Reforms in urban governance - Vol.20(2), Apr-Jun - New Delhi Institute of Town Planners 2023 - 11-23p.
Rapid urbanization and growth of cities have played increasingly pivotal role in country’s
development and transformation from rural to urban. For sustaining this progress, the
country needs to be sensitive to urban governance. Main objectives of urban governance are
to provide better quality of living for all residents, to be proactive and get prepared to meet
emerging challenges in fast changing urban scenario and create investment environment
conducive to maintain sustainable development. The paper focuses on highlighting the
lack in the main pillars of urban governance and the fault lines in governance. Major fault
lines in urban governance are lack of a holistic approach to govern both urban and rural
areas; inadequate empowerment of the ULBs; lack of strict monitoring and action to stop
unplanned urban growth; extreme poor delivery of urban services; inadequate mechanisms
for generating institutional capital and innovative financing; implementation of PPP
mechanisms in development projects and more importantly poor peoples’ participation in
decision making. The paper attempts to focus on selected four fault lines in urban governance
and ends with suggested actions to ameliorate this situation.
ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)