Transcript sustainable urban form for india

URBAN CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
IN INDIA
Conference on Future Cities
New Delhi
Feb. 24-25, 2014
Chetan Vaidya
Director SPA New Delhi
Organized by
MHRD. IIT Roorkee, and UK
URBAN INDIA POPULATION TRENDS
 Total Urban Population in 2011 : 377.2 million
 % Urban Population to total in 2011: 31.16% (50+% in 2050):
 No. Urban Centers: 7500, Million plus cities: 54
 Large number of non-municipal towns
 % GDP in urban Areas: 70%
 % of Urban Poor: 29.8% (76.47 Million in 2009-10)
Urban Infrastructure Investment Requirement: Rs. 39200 billion (US$
871.11 billion) for 20 years
Large variation among Sates
 India needs to improve its urban infrastructure and governance to achieve
economic objectives
URBAN INITIATIVES IN INDIA
Several initiatives to improve urban governance and Infrastructure:
– JNNURM- reform linked investment program
– Public Private Partnership
– e-Governance in Municipalities
– Market Based Financing
– Urban Transport Policy
– National Urban Sanitation Policy
– Service Level Benchmarking Program
– Rajiv Awas Yojana (Slum Free City)
– 13th CFC
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal
Mission (JNNURM)
 JNNURM Mission provides Reform Linked Investment for Urban
Infrastructure for cities undertaking reforms (2005-14)
• Constraints
– Absence of Long-Term City-Level Planning
– Inadequate Staff Capacity (at Central, State and Local Levels as well as
private)
– Inadequate Project Identification, Planning and Implementation
– One size fit all cities and states approach not working
– Critical Reforms not understood and implemented
– Inadequate Communication
 It brought focus on urban infrastructure and Governance
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STRATEGY
• Need Sustainable, Inclusive and Smart cities.
• Mayor has executive powers for managing and planning cities. Improved
revenue base of local bodies with unlocking of land values.
• Focus on public urban transport and not individual transport.
• Spaces for cycling and walking.
• Land use plans are to be integrated with public transport and with high
density, higher floor space and mixed land use.
• Slum upgradtion and not new housing for poor.
• Affordable housing through market systems
• Extensive use of Communication Information and Technology (ICT) Smart
City
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POSSIBLE LINKAGES WITH UK INSTITUTIONS
• Knowledge Sharing
• Technology for Urban Infrastructure-Project Planning,
Implementation and Maintenance
• Urban Planning and Design
• Role of Private Sector Participation in Delivery of
Services
• Urban Transport
• Smart City Options
• Capacity Building
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CONCLUSIOINS
Urbanization is Inevitable in India
Urban India offers a number of Challenges and
Opportunities for Employment Generation
The Urban Problems are Surmountable
We need Sustainable, Inclusive and Smart Urban
Planning
Need Knowledge Sharing and Partnerships among
Urban Stakeholders to Learn from Each Other
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