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Reshaping City Governance: London, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad book cover

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Reshaping City Governance London, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad

By Nirmala Rao Copyright 2015
258 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

258 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

258 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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India’s cities are in the midst of an unprecedented urban expansion. While India is acknowledged as a rising power, poised to emerge into the front rank of global economies, the pace and scale of its urbanisation calls for more effective metropolitan management if that growth is not to be constrained by gathering urban crisis. This book addresses some key issues of governance and management... Read more

1. Urban governance in India

2. The conditions of effective metropolitan governance

3. London: A prototype for India?

4. Devolution of power to cities

5. The reach of metropolitan power

6. The structures of metropolitan authority

7. Urban leadership and civic engagement

8. The future of India’s urban governance

Biography

Nirmala Rao is Professor of Politics and Pro-Director at SOAS, University of London, UK. She has published extensively in the field of urban governance and her other publications include Cities in Transition: Growth and Change in Six Metropolitan Areas (Routledge) and Governing London (with Ben Pimlott).

Based on this conceptual foundation, the remaining chapters focus on the selected capital cities in terms of decision making within the context of devolution, relationships across urban intergovernmental structures, organizational approaches to address basic infrastructure needs, and the concentration of power within the metropolitan leadership. - E. Wohlers, Cameron University

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