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245 0 _aBuilding from the bottom: infrastructure and poverty alleviation/
_cedited by Sameer Kochhar and M. Ramachandran
260 _aNew Delhi:
_bAcademic foundation,
_c2010.
300 _a318 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c24 cm.
505 _aI. POLICY -- 1. The Power of Identity / Nandan Nilekani -- 2. Planning for Future Cities / M. Ramachandran -- 3. PURA and Urbanisation of India / P.V. Indiresan -- 4. On Strategies for Disinvestment and Privatisation / Vijay Kelker -- II. INFRASTRUCTURE -- 5. Driving Infrastructural Development through Public-Private Partnerships / Hari Sankaran -- 6. Market-based Financing of Urban Infrastructure in India / Hitesh Vaidya -- 7. Genesis of the Problem of Infrastructure Financing and its Resolution / S.S. Tarapore -- 8. Fiscal Decentralisation and Financial Sustainability for Urban Infrastructure / K.K. Pandey -- III. GOVERNANCE AND SERVICE DELIVERY -- 9. The KDMC and MCGM Success Stories: Efficient Citizen Services Delivery Systems using e-Governance / Gursharan Dhanjal -- 10. e-Village, Global Village: Gujarat Shows the Way / Gursharan Dhanjal -- IV. POVERTY ALLEVIATION -- 11. Programmes for the Urban Poor / N.C. Saxena -- 12. Demographic Dividend or Debt? / Nitin Desai -- 13. Working towards an Urban India / Bibek Debroy -- 14. Expanding the Umbrella: Financial Inclusion for the Urban Poor / Naveen Surya -- CASE STUDIES -- 1. Excellence in Solid Waste Management and Sanitation through Citizen's Participation: Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation -- 2. Excellence in Road Development through Citizens' Participation -- Indore Municipal Corporation: Completed and continuous process of implementation -- 3. Recycling Waste: A Venture -- The Rajkot Municipal Corporation's waste processing project has proved to be a great hit -- 4. Linking Water Supply with Property: Pune Municipal Corporation's user-friendly system has led to an appreciable increase in revenue -- 5. Cleaning the Slums: The Dattak Vasti Yojana in Mumbai has gone a long way in improving sanitation in the city slums -- 6. Using GIS for Bill Collection: Varanasi Nagar Nigam has made life easy for citizens by introducing GIS-based tax assessment and collection -- 7. Easing Traffic Bottleneck: The Traffic Improvement Scheme by the Thane Municipal Corporation near the railway station has removed the congestion and improved travelling time -- 8. RIDCOR: The Road to Success -- 9. Ensuring Quality Water: Karnataka's Kundapura Town Municipal Council embarked on an innovative civic services delivery project to improve water supply in the town -- 10. Urban Water Management towards Water Quality Monitoring System and Operation and Maintenance Practices for Improved Quality Life: Surat Municipal Corporation.
650 _aUrban poor--Government policy
650 _aUrban renewal--Citizen participation
650 _aCity planning
700 _aKochhar, Sameer, ed.
700 _aRamachandran, M., ed.
942 _cWB16