Urban Governance and Management: Indian Initiatives

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For the first time in the history of literature on urban development in India, this book is a comprehensive compilation of articles authored by renowned scholars in various areas of specialization. The book covers virtually the entire gamut of issues related to the urban sector in India viz. urbanization, urban governance, e-governance, municipal finance and property taxation, municipal bonds, accounting reforms, master plans, new towns, peri-urban interface, remote sensing applications and GIS, housing policy, disasters, slums and urban poverty, urban services, water and solid waste management, traffic and transportation management, public accountability, civic heritage, security concerns, health care and sustainability. The articles encompass the state-of-art in each of the above areas, the problems as well as the initiatives taken to address them. This book is a valuable reading material for urban administrators, town planners, architects, civil engineers, urban managers, urban designers, social scientists, environmentalists and students of urban development.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR P.S.N. Rao

P.S.N. Rao, Ph.D., Master of Town Planning (SPA), B.E. (Civil), F.I.T.P., F.I.V., A.I.I.A., Cert. In Urban Management (Canada) is a well known housing, urban development and municipal sector specialist based in new Delhi, India. He is a recipient of the SPA Gold Medal, the Indian Building Congress Medal and the AICTE Young Teachers’ Award of the Government of India. He has 18 years of experience during which he has published over one hundred papers, supervised over 70 post graduate theses on various aspects of urban development and conducted over 30 research and consultancy assignment. Presently, he is a Professor of Urban Management at the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi where he is involved in capacity building for ISA and other functionaries of the central, state and local governments. He is also the Joint Editor of Nagarlok, an urban affairs quarterly of the IIPA.

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Title
Urban Governance and Management: Indian Initiatives
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8173918015
Length
xv+544p., Figures; Tables; References; Index; 23cm.
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