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Searching with a thematic focus on Urban governance, Governance in India

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    Basic amenities in urban India: analysis at state and town level

    2007
    This study examines India’s progress in the provision of basic amenities to urban areas at the state level during the period 1991-2001, and attempts to explain difference in the performance across the states. It also examines the relationship between achievements in health and education, and the availability of urban basic amenities.The main findings include:
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    Norms and standards of municipal basic services in India

    National Institute of Urban Affairs, 2007
    Indian cities present a grim picture with regard to availability of basic services. The problems are not only of the shortage of services but also inequitable distribution of the services among the different sections of society.
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    The Constitution (74th) Amendment Act and urban local governments: an overview

    National Institute of Urban Affairs, 2007
    India’s Constitutional 74th Amendment Act 1992 granted constitutional status to the urban local bodies besides broadening the range of their powers and functions. This paper makes an attempt to review the implementation status of the selected provisions of this legislation. The study finds that
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    Peri-urban dynamics: case studies in Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai

    Centre de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi, 2006
    The concentration of population towards metropolitan centres and its diffusion to their peripheries has resulted in complex problems such as land scarcity, inward and outward mobility of labour, economic, social and spatial segregation of population between the core and periphery. Peripheral development is a recent phenomenon in India and is not well researched.
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    Peri-urban water conflicts: supporting dialogue and negotiation

    IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, 2007
    As cities expand, a key challenge is securing water supplies for urban populations and disposing of pollution while minimising impacts on peri-urban communities and the environment.  This book describes the conflicts, dialogues and negotiations underway in peri-urban areas of many cities in the South. 
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    Utility regulation: residential demand for water

    Business Administration Department, Sambalpur University, 2007
    Water utilities are under significant financial pressure as a result of increasing urbanization, deteriorating infrastructure, and increasingly stringent drinking water-quality regulations. In addition, recurring droughts and the difficulty of developing new sources of supply indicate that water is becoming scarce.
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    Time to articulate the right to water?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Target ten of Millennium Development Goals (MDG) seeks to halve the proportion of people without sustainable and safe access to water. Although attempts have been made to link the MDGs and human rights, promoting a right to water achieves little if institutions, norms and values remain unchanged.
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    Urban renewal: at whose cost?

    Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2007
    This brief article examines the draft housing policy of Maharashtra in India.
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    Governance in the gullies: democratic responsiveness and leadership in Delhi’s slums

    Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis, 2005
    This study uses qualitative and quantitative analysis to examine the strategies developed by the urban poor in Delhi to access government services.
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    Putting access on the agenda: ensuring mobility for people with disabilities

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004
    Whilst developed countries have made progress in making transport services more accessible for people with disabilities, developing countries have lagged behind. However, the human rights approach to disability – seeing every citizen as entitled to be included in social and economic opportunities – is slowly gaining acceptance.

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