Making Infrastructure Work

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Infrastructure is the underlying foundation of economic development and social transformation. It is usually referred to the transportation, communications, roads, water supply, sewer, power, telecommunications, etc which enable a business, industry and economy to function. Today, infrastructure has assumed a wider connotation and includes agriculture, public administration, governance, banking, finance, land, human resource, markets, tourism, healthcare, education, etc. Thus, infrastructure is the lifeline of economic, physical, social and ecological development.

India's economy has more than doubled in real terms since reforms began in 1991. It is predicted that by 2032, India's economy would outstrip that India has the potential to raise its per capita by 2050 to 35 time current levels. However, research shows that India's infrastructure is its most serious flaw. India's infrastructure spending has fallen well short of its economic growth, and it is estimated that during the decade 2010 to 2010, India would need to more than double its electricity capacity increase its length of paved roads by half, and add and sub sequentially to its railways, irrigation, ports and airports to keep pace with economic growth and urbanization. India needs to continue to add infrastructure at a furious pace.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR A K Jain

A.K. Jain, an architect-town planner, is on the Advisory Board of the UN Habitat and is a fellow of the Eastern Asia Region Organisation for Planning and Housing (EAROPH), International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISoCaRP), Indian Institute of Architects, Institutes of Town Planners, and the Indian Buildings Congress. Also, he is on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Environmental Studies (UK). As Commissioner he worked on the Master Plan for Delhi-2021, National Urban Housing Policy (2007) and National Transport Policy (2006) and several other planning, housing and infrastructure projects. Mr. Jain is a visiting faculty at Delhi School of Planning and Architecture.

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Title
Making Infrastructure Work
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
9788183567961
Length
414p., Illustrations; Maps; 29cm.
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