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This work focuses on urban governance in the developing world, its aim being to bring a holistic perspective to the debate on urban governance in Asia and around the globe. It has been divided into three sections: The first section is on rural interventions as they influence urbanization and its problems/solutions. The second focuses on urban governance, infrastructure programs, service delivery reforms and their evaluation. The third and final section focuses on urbanization and the environment. In the first section, we present evaluations of India’s rural programs including the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), and of India’s Total Sanitation Campaign (Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan). This section covers the transition from rural to urban areas, and highlights coping mechanisms in urban areas and policy implications for urban governance, from the viewpoint of rural migrants. The section on urban governance, infrastructure and service delivery is the most in-depth one and consists of papers that present state-of-the-art research on many aspects of infrastructure such as cost and time overruns, risks and their mitigation, assessments of the metro rail, and services such as solid waste management. The focus of the final section is on urbanization and the environment. Here we examine land use change in India, the relationship between urban form and residential energy use in Bandung, Indonesia, and end by depicting a cautiously optimistic view of Asia’s urbanization-environment nexus.

Urbanization --- Environmental law. --- Environmental policy. --- Public finance. --- Development economics. --- Environmental economics. --- Regional economics. --- Spatial economics. --- Economics. --- Development Economics. --- Public Economics. --- Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice. --- Environmental Economics. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- Economics --- Regional planning --- Regionalism --- Space in economics --- Environmental quality --- Environment law --- Environmental control --- Environmental protection --- Environmental policy --- Law --- Sustainable development --- Cameralistics --- Public finance --- Currency question --- Economic development --- Environmental aspects --- Economic aspects --- Law and legislation --- Public finances --- Environment and state --- Environmental management --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Spatial economics --- Regional economics --- Government policy

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This work focuses on urban governance in the developing world, its aim being to bring a holistic perspective to the debate on urban governance in Asia and around the globe. It has been divided into three sections: The first section is on rural interventions as they influence urbanization and its problems/solutions. The second focuses on urban governance, infrastructure programs, service delivery reforms and their evaluation. The third and final section focuses on urbanization and the environment. In the first section, we present evaluations of India’s rural programs including the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), and of India’s Total Sanitation Campaign (Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan). This section covers the transition from rural to urban areas, and highlights coping mechanisms in urban areas and policy implications for urban governance, from the viewpoint of rural migrants. The section on urban governance, infrastructure and service delivery is the most in-depth one and consists of papers that present state-of-the-art research on many aspects of infrastructure such as cost and time overruns, risks and their mitigation, assessments of the metro rail, and services such as solid waste management. The focus of the final section is on urbanization and the environment. Here we examine land use change in India, the relationship between urban form and residential energy use in Bandung, Indonesia, and end by depicting a cautiously optimistic view of Asia’s urbanization-environment nexus.

Methodology of economics --- Public finance --- Finance --- Public economics --- Economic conditions. Economic development --- Developing countries: economic development problems --- Economics --- Environmental law --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Business management --- Business economics --- Environmental planning --- Economic geography --- financieel management --- bedrijfseconomie --- ruimtelijke ordening --- economie --- ontwikkelingssamenwerking --- sociale economie --- milieuzorg --- overheidsfinanciën --- milieurecht --- milieupolitiek --- Asia

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This book offers a comparative analysis of the rise of India and China and their decisive economic and social roles in a global context. It presents a cumulative picture of the socio-economic challenges as well as the opportunities for growth and inclusive development before India and China. The volume analyses the performance of the two countries based on economic and human development indicators. It highlights the key achievements of the two countries in governance and financial growth, and the potential for further economic development. Drawing on government data and empirical research, the book examines India and China's relative growth in trade, investments, renewable energy technologies, urbanisation, and employment and their policies on agriculture, land use, public health, and rural-urban inequality. Further, it discusses the shared challenges of inequality, poverty, gender disparity, and environment degradation which both countries face and contrasts their policy priorities and governance mechanisms. Comprehensive and insightful, this book will be of great interest for researchers and scholars of development studies, economics, international relations, comparative politics, sociology, public policy, and Asian studies. It will also be useful for think tanks, policy makers, and general readers interested in the India-China relationship.

Environmental economics --- Economic development --- India --- China --- Social conditions.

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Using case studies from Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Jaipur and Bangalore, this book examines the causes of poor public service delivery in India's cities with specific reference to finances and institutional factors.

Municipal services --- Management --- Business & Economics --- Industrial Management