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Peri-urban water security: an agenda for water governance
Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2013Water governance needs to mainstream peri-urban water security. As cities grow, policy makers and planners focus onmeeting the needs of urban populations. This happens at the expense of the peri-urban and the rural. For instance, it is very common to divert physical flows of water from villages to cities.DocumentThe challenge of creating inclusive cities
Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2016Cities across the globe are becoming increasingly unequal, and the gap isDocumentMaking space for women in urban governance? Leadership and claims-making in a Kerala slum
Environment and Planning A, 2015This paper looks at the role of gender in the shaping and exercise of political authority. Its empirical focus is a slum in central Trivandrum, Kerala's capital city, which is undergoing a phased process of formalisation and rebuilding funded through a flagship Indian national programme, the JNNURM.DocumentReimagining India’s Urban Future: A framework for securing high-growth, low-carbon, climate resilient urban development in India
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2015This paper reviews the current state of the literature on Indian urbanisation to analyse existing urban development trajectories at the state level.DocumentLearning social accountability together: civil society facilitated South-South cooperation in India, Bangladesh and Cambodia
Civil Society & South-South Co-operation, 2014Asian cities have been central drivers of Asia’s economic growth in the last few decades. However, a democratic deficit in many small and medium size Asian cities means municipalities fail to deliver key service provisions to citizens, and civil society engagement in urban governance and institutions remains very limited.DocumentSouth-South knowledge sharing for the inclusion of the urban Poor- India-South Africa Praxis
Civil Society & South-South Co-operation, 2014Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI) is a social movement of the urban poor which began in India, networked initially in Asia and then moved to South Africa, and to the other parts of Africa.DocumentContemporary Ladakh: Facebook, Twitter & the social transformation in Kargil
Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2013As a global phenomenon, social networking has a deeper impact on many societies across the world. In Kargil (India), the social networking sites and alternate ways of communication through internet have demonstrated a potential to play a role in the transformation.DocumentMaking the urban poor safer: lessons from Nairobi and Maharashtra
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013Mumbai and Nairobi have acutely unequal urban development, with respectively 40 per cent and 60 per cent of their urban population living in slums. The most impoverished neighbourhoods are characterised by severe lack of service provision and poor access to employment opportunities.DocumentUnemployment, service provision and violence reduction policies in urban Maharashtra
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013Over 40 per cent of Maharashtra's population live in urban slums, characterised by the acute inequalities of inadequate housing, poor service provision, lack of access to health and sanitation, overcrowded spaces, and limited employment opportunities.DocumentUrban development strategy for Bihar: a management perspective
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2008Bihar is among the least urbanised states in India with a level of urbanisation just above 10 per cent in 2001. This study suggests a four-stage strategy for the urban development of Bihar. The stages arePages