Overview
The twenty-first century will witness a rapid urban expansion in the developing world. India, it is believed, will be at the forefront of such a phenomenon. This book acknowledges the role of agglomeration externalities as the cornerstone of urban public policy in India. Arguing that hypotheses of over-urbanization and urban bias theory—which articulated a negative view of urbanization—are based on fragile theoretical as well as empirical foundations, this book calls for proactive public policy to harness planned urbanization as resource. India requires agglomeration-augmenting, congestion-mitigating, and resource-generating cities as engines of economic growth, including rural development. The book provides a large number of practical examples from India and abroad to enable policy-makers undertake reforms in urban and regional planning, financing, and governance to meet the challenges of urbanization in India. It combines theory and practice to draw lessons for an urban agenda for India and recognizes the central role of cities in catalysing growth and generating public finance for economic development.
Full Product Details
Author: Prasanna K Mohanty
Publisher: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
Imprint: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 13.90cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 21.50cm
Weight: 0.590kg
ISBN: 9788132117933
ISBN 10: 813211793
Pages: 352
Publication Date: December 2014
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Author Information
Prasanna K. Mohanty is Chair Professor of Economics at the University of Hyderabad, teaching Urban Economics and Transport Economics. Dr Mohanty is Honorary Executive Chair of National Institute of Urban Management, Adviser to Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad, and a Director in the Board of Reserve Bank of India. An officer from the Indian Administrative Service, Dr Mohanty was Chief Secretary to the Government of Andhra Pradesh. He worked as the Mission Director, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, Government of India; Director General, Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad; Commissioner of metropolitan cities of Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam; and Vice-Chairman of Hyderabad Urban Development Authority. Dr Mohanty earned his MA and PhD in Economics from Boston University. He was Rockefeller Foundation Post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard University. He has authored Financing Cities in India: Municipal Reforms, Fiscal Accountability and Urban Infrastructure (2016) and Cities and Public Policy: An Urban Agenda for India (2014) and co-edited Urbanisation in India: Challenges, Opportunities and the Way Forward (2014), published by SAGE.
