TY - GEN AU - Misra, B. TI - Reforms in urban governance PY - 2023/// CY - New Delhi PB - Institute of Town Planners KW - ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN) N2 - 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 UR - https://www.itpi.org.in/uploads/journalfiles/journal-20%C3%972.pdf ER -