CONTENTS: List of Tables, Graphs, Charts, Boxes and Annexures Foreword Acknowledgements Abbreviations A Prefatory Note 1 Urbanisation and Urban Sustainability 1. India’s Urban Transition: Om Prakash Mathur and Ashley Jose 2. City-Size Distributions in a Quasi-Open Economy: The India Evidence 3. Impact of Globalisation on Cities and City-Related Policies in India 4. Regional and Urban Impacts of Foreign Direct Investment in India 5. Sustaining India’s Megacities 6. Whither India’s Urbanisation? 2 Regional Planning in National Development 7. Regional Development Planning and Management in Asia: A Retrospective and Prospective Review 8. A Third World View of Regional Planning 3 Governance and Local Government Finance 9. Governing Cities in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka: Facing up to the Challenges of Poverty and Globalisation 10. The Capital City of Delhi in India’s Federal Structure: Insights into its Governance and Financial Frameworks 11. Intergovernmental Transfers in Local Government Finance: A Survey of Concepts and Practices 12. India: Decentralisation and Municipal Finance 13. Innovations in Local Government Finance: Asian Perspectives 14. India: A Macro View of the Property Tax System and Insights into Delhi’s System 4 Issues in Urban Research 15. Agriculture, Rural-Urban Balance, and Social Viability 16. The Role of Small Cities in National Development Re-examined 17. The Dual Challenge of Poverty and Mega-cities: An Assessment of Issues and Strategies 18. Managing the Urban Informal Sector: A New Challenge for Developing Countries 19. Who is in Charge of the City?: In Memory of K.C. Sivaramakrishnan 20. Responding to India’s Urban Challenge: A Research Agenda for the 1990s IndexList of Tables, Graphs, Charts, Boxes and Annexures Foreword Acknowledgements Abbreviations A Prefatory Note 1 Urbanisation and Urban Sustainability 1. India’s Urban Transition: Om Prakash Mathur and Ashley Jose 2. City-Size Distributions in a Quasi-Open Economy: The India Evidence 3. Impact of Globalisation on Cities and City-Related Policies in India 4. Regional and Urban Impacts of Foreign Direct Investment in India 5. Sustaining India’s Megacities 6. Whither India’s Urbanisation? 2 Regional Planning in National Development 7. Regional Development Planning and Management in Asia: A Retrospective and Prospective Review 8. A Third World View of Regional Planning 3 Governance and Local Government Finance 9. Governing Cities in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka: Facing up to the Challenges of Poverty and Globalisation 10. The Capital City of Delhi in India’s Federal Structure: Insights into its Governance and Financial Frameworks 11. Intergovernmental Transfers in Local Government Finance: A Survey of Concepts and Practices 12. India: Decentralisation and Municipal Finance 13. Innovations in Local Government Finance: Asian Perspectives 14. India: A Macro View of the Property Tax System and Insights into Delhi’s System 4 Issues in Urban Research 15. Agriculture, Rural-Urban Balance, and Social Viability 16. The Role of Small Cities in National Development Re-examined 17. The Dual Challenge of Poverty and Mega-cities: An Assessment of Issues and Strategies 18. Managing the Urban Informal Sector: A New Challenge for Developing Countries 19. Who is in Charge of the City?: In Memory of K.C. Sivaramakrishnan 20. Responding to India’s Urban Challenge: A Research Agenda for the 1990s IndexList of Tables, Graphs, Charts, Boxes and Annexures Foreword Acknowledgements Abbreviations A Prefatory Note 1 Urbanisation and Urban Sustainability 1. India’s Urban Transition: Om Prakash Mathur and Ashley Jose 2. City-Size Distributions in a Quasi-Open Economy: The India Evidence 3. Impact of Globalisation on Cities and City-Related Policies in India 4. Regional and Urban Impacts of Foreign Direct Investment in India 5. Sustaining India’s Megacities 6. Whither India’s Urbanisation? 2 Regional Planning in National Development 7. Regional Development Planning and Management in Asia: A Retrospective and Prospective Review 8. A Third World View of Regional Planning 3 Governance and Local Government Finance 9. Governing Cities in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka: Facing up to the Challenges of Poverty and Globalisation 10. The Capital City of Delhi in India’s Federal Structure: Insights into its Governance and Financial Frameworks 11. Intergovernmental Transfers in Local Government Finance: A Survey of Concepts and Practices 12. India: Decentralisation and Municipal Finance 13. Innovations in Local Government Finance: Asian Perspectives 14. India: A Macro View of the Property Tax System and Insights into Delhi’s System 4 Issues in Urban Research 15. Agriculture, Rural-Urban Balance, and Social Viability 16. The Role of Small Cities in National Development Re-examined 17. The Dual Challenge of Poverty and Mega-cities: An Assessment of Issues and Strategies 18. Managing the Urban Informal Sector: A New Challenge for Developing Countries 19. Who is in Charge of the City?: In Memory of K.C. Sivaramakrishnan 20. Responding to India’s Urban Challenge: A Research Agenda for the 1990s IndexList of Tables, Graphs, Charts, Boxes and Annexures Foreword Acknowledgements Abbreviations A Prefatory Note 1 Urbanisation and Urban Sustainability 1. India’s Urban Transition: Om Prakash Mathur and Ashley Jose 2. City-Size Distributions in a Quasi-Open Economy: The India Evidence 3. Impact of Globalisation on Cities and City-Related Policies in India 4. Regional and Urban Impacts of Foreign Direct Investment in India 5. Sustaining India’s Megacities 6. Whither India’s Urbanisation? 2 Regional Planning in National Development 7. Regional Development Planning and Management in Asia: A Retrospective and Prospective Review 8. A Third World View of Regional Planning 3 Governance and Local Government Finance 9. Governing Cities in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka: Facing up to the Challenges of Poverty and Globalisation 10. The Capital City of Delhi in India’s Federal Structure: Insights into its Governance and Financial Frameworks 11. Intergovernmental Transfers in Local Government Finance: A Survey of Concepts and Practices 12. India: Decentralisation and Municipal Finance 13. Innovations in Local Government Finance: Asian Perspectives 14. India: A Macro View of the Property Tax System and Insights into Delhi’s System 4 Issues in Urban Research 15. Agriculture, Rural-Urban Balance, and Social Viability 16. The Role of Small Cities in National Development Re-examined 17. The Dual Challenge of Poverty and Mega-cities: An Assessment of Issues and Strategies 18. Managing the Urban Informal Sector: A New Challenge for Developing Countries 19. Who is in Charge of the City?: In Memory of K.C. Sivaramakrishnan 20. Responding to India’s Urban Challenge: A Research Agenda for the 1990s IndexList of Tables, Graphs, Charts, Boxes and Annexures Foreword Acknowledgements Abbreviations A Prefatory Note 1 Urbanisation and Urban Sustainability 1. India’s Urban Transition: Om Prakash Mathur and Ashley Jose 2. City-Size Distributions in a Quasi-Open Economy: The India Evidence 3. Impact of Globalisation on Cities and City-Related Policies in India 4. Regional and Urban Impacts of Foreign Direct Investment in India 5. Sustaining India’s Megacities 6. Whither India’s Urbanisation? 2 Regional Planning in National Development 7. Regional Development Planning and Management in Asia: A Retrospective and Prospective Review 8. A Third World View of Regional Planning 3 Governance and Local Government Finance 9. Governing Cities in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka: Facing up to the Challenges of Poverty and Globalisation 10. The Capital City of Delhi in India’s Federal Structure: Insights into its Governance and Financial Frameworks 11. Intergovernmental Transfers in Local Government Finance: A Survey of Concepts and Practices 12. India: Decentralisation and Municipal Finance 13. Innovations in Local Government Finance: Asian Perspectives 14. India: A Macro View of the Property Tax System and Insights into Delhi’s System 4 Issues in Urban Research 15. Agriculture, Rural-Urban Balance, and Social Viability 16. The Role of Small Cities in National Development Re-examined 17. The Dual Challenge of Poverty and Mega-cities: An Assessment of Issues and Strategies 18. Managing the Urban Informal Sector: A New Challenge for Developing Countries 19. Who is in Charge of the City?: In Memory of K.C. Sivaramakrishnan 20. Responding to India’s Urban Challenge: A Research Agenda for the 1990s IndexList of Tables, Graphs, Charts, Boxes and Annexures Foreword Acknowledgements Abbreviations A Prefatory Note 1 Urbanisation and Urban Sustainability 1. India’s Urban Transition: Om Prakash Mathur and Ashley Jose 2. City-Size Distributions in a Quasi-Open Economy: The India Evidence 3. Impact of Globalisation on Cities and City-Related Policies in India 4. Regional and Urban Impacts of Foreign Direct Investment in India 5. Sustaining India’s Megacities 6. Whither India’s Urbanisation? 2 Regional Planning in National Development 7. Regional Development Planning and Management in Asia: A Retrospective and Prospective Review 8. A Third World View of Regional Planning 3 Governance and Local Government Finance 9. Governing Cities in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka: Facing up to the Challenges of Poverty and Globalisation 10. The Capital City of Delhi in India’s Federal Structure: Insights into its Governance and Financial Frameworks 11. Intergovernmental Transfers in Local Government Finance: A Survey of Concepts and Practices 12. India: Decentralisation and Municipal Finance 13. Innovations in Local Government Finance: Asian Perspectives 14. India: A Macro View of the Property Tax System and Insights into Delhi’s System 4 Issues in Urban Research 15. Agriculture, Rural-Urban Balance, and Social Viability 16. The Role of Small Cities in National Development Re-examined 17. The Dual Challenge of Poverty and Mega-cities: An Assessment of Issues and Strategies 18. Managing the Urban Informal Sector: A New Challenge for Developing Countries 19. Who is in Charge of the City?: In Memory of K.C. Sivaramakrishnan 20. Responding to India’s Urban Challenge: A Research Agenda for the 1990s Index