India's urban governance reforms to have uneven impact

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
The State ◽  
State System ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Governance Reforms

Subject Urban governance. Significance India's future lies with its cities, which are growing rapidly in population and, even more, economic importance. However, urban governance is a much neglected area of the state system with often dire consequences for the provision of infrastructure and facilities. Impacts Urban development holds the greatest potential for (domestic and foreign) infrastructure firms. Politics will impede introduction of market-linked energy tariffs in some urban areas. Middle-class consumers are increasingly willing to pay for quality services.

Sports and urban development: an introduction

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoff Dickson ◽  
James Jianhui Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Sport Marketing ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Introductory Article

PurposeAlthough both sports and cities have transformed over the last century, research on the intersection of sports and urban development remains scarce. This special issue was designed to advance a research agenda in relation to sports and urban development. The sports and urban development special issue of International Journal of Sport Marketing and Sponsorship brings together a collection of conceptual, empirical and commentary papers from four continents. Themes explored in this special issue include legacy, governance, image, climate change and sustainability. We encourage collaborative approaches between sport researchers and those with a focus on urban development, urban design and urban governance. Understanding the role of sports in the development of smart cities is an excellent opportunity for these collaborations to occur.Design/methodology/approachA comprehensive review of literature was undertaken to assess the literature related to sports and urban development.FindingsIn addition to this introductory article, there are ten manuscripts selected for this special issue investigating sports and urban development.Originality/valueThis special issue seeks to promote more research on sports and urban development, ultimately ultimately advancing theories and providing solutions.

Land readjustment as an alternative land development tool for peri-urban areas of Ethiopia

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Achamyeleh Gashu Adam
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Development System ◽  
Development Tool ◽  
Land Readjustment

Purpose – The rapid urban population growth in Ethiopia is causing an increasing demand for urban land, which primarily tends to be supplied by expropriation of peri-urban land. The process of urban development in Ethiopia is largely criticized for forced displacement and disruption of the peri-urban local community. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to introduce how Ethiopia’s urban development system could be built on the participatory and inclusive approaches of land acquisition. Design/methodology/approach – The study has employed questionnaire survey results, focus group discussion with panel of experts and previous research reports to examine the peri-urban situations and then to show why an alternative land development approach is needed to be introduced in the urban land development system of Ethiopia. Desk review on land readjustment was also made to explore best lessons from other countries applicable to the peri-urban contexts of Ethiopia. Findings – This study has explored that land readjustment is potentially an appropriate land development tool to alleviate peri-urban land development limitations in Ethiopia. Practical implications – Researchers, policy makers and government bodies that are interested in peri-urban land would appreciate and consider implementing the adapted land readjustment model as an alternative land development tool. Consequently, the local peri-urban landholders’ rights would be protected and maintained in the process of urbanization. Originality/value – Although land readjustment has the potential to achieve participatory peri-urban land development, awareness of the method in the Ethiopian urban land development system is inadequate. This study contributes to fill this gap and create an insight into the basic conditions for the adaption of the tool.

scholarly journals Managing Urban Transformations of Refugee Settlements in West Delhi from Camps to Nagars: The Story of Moti Nagar and Kirti Nagar

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-240
Author(s):  
Prerana Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Urban Dynamics ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Urban Transformations

Migration has become a common phenomenon in the contemporary world. In the Post World War II period, due to social and political unrest between conflicting and dividing nations, many countries across the globe saw migrations at different scales. The pressure created by the inflow and outflow of a huge population, within a comparatively short span of time, created various urban dynamics that have been reflected in the urban fabric of cities through largescale creation of camps, refugee colonies, workers’ and migrants’ colonies, urban villages and slums, many of which have survived due to good governance or political and urban development management systems. On the other hand, several others have fallen prey to various social distresses and suffered as underdeveloped or undeveloped archaic areas causing hindrance to development and prosperity of adjacent urban areas. The socio-economic condition that developed in New Delhi after the Partition in 1947 saw migration of millions overnight, with the creation of a l arge number of refugee camps in the city. This paper describes the courageous survival of one of these camps at Basai Darapur as well as the ambitious transformation of such camps to the colonies Moti Nagar and Kirti Nagar, over time, with proper management, through urban governance, socio-political aid, urban planning visions and urban design guidelines. The paper also attempts to discuss the possible holistic future of Moti Nagar and Kirti Nagar in coming times through careful urban management, considering opinions of different urban local bodies, real-estate stakeholders and public participations in different phases of urban development aided by the Delhi Masterplan 2021.

From state restructuring to urban restructuring: The intermediation of public landownership in urban development projects in France

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Félix Adisson
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Land ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Explanatory Factors ◽  
State Restructuring ◽  
Legal Infrastructure

Many urban development projects (UDPs) in Europe take place on lands belonging to public bodies and administrations, and publicly owned firms. Yet, the literature has failed to explain why a substantial proportion of the remaking of European cities is shaped on public properties, and with what outcomes. My underlying hypothesis is that the redevelopment of such properties depends primarily on the restructuring of the state. Firstly, this paper provides evidence of the relationships between three dynamics of state restructuring and the disposal of public land and real estate properties owned by one sector of the French state, that is, the railways. Secondly, the paper focuses on two UDPs of railway sites, respectively located in Paris and Nantes, in order to disclose the specificity of the redevelopment process associated with public railway properties, due to the socio-legal infrastructure of railway land disposal stemming from these dynamics. The paper demonstrates that (i) state restructuring impels various levels and organisations of the state to redevelop public land and real estate properties; and (ii) the effects of state restructuring can be explained only by analysing the mediating role of the socio-legal infrastructure of these properties, which frames the processes and outcomes of the redevelopment projects. In so doing, the paper offers a specific account of the explanatory factors, processes and outcomes of the relationship between state restructuring and a significant proportion of the restructuring of urban areas in Europe.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of the Institutional and Technical Planning Frameworks in Jos Metropolis, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 238
Author(s):  
Samuel D. Wapwera ◽  
Nandi D. Dabis ◽  
Gerald T. Maigida
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Inductive Reasoning ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Technical Planning ◽  
Development And Management

<em>Most planning authorities in developing economies are not effective due to poor urban and regional planning systems making it almost impossible to control urban development and management of urban areas, leading to the haphazard urban development and poor management bringing about disproportionate distribution of resources in terms of basic infrastructure. It is against this backdrop that this paper seeks to examine the effectiveness of the institutional and technical planning frameworks in terms of Urban Development and Management (UDM) in Jos metropolis Nigeriaby identifying the factors that determines the effectiveness of the urban governance and management as well as identify and examining the urban planning system towards ensuring an effective urban controlled development and management in Jos metropolis Nigeria. The research approach adopted is qualitative and quantitative with deductive-inductive reasoning. The strategy used is “mixed method” and the instruments employed were questionnaires, face-to-face interviews, case studies documents reviewed with planning authorities in Jos Metropolis, Nigeria. The quantitative data sets obtained were analysed using Spearman ranks correlation coefficient (rho) and the qualitative data were analysed using thematic and content analysis. Statistically, the results showed that the components of the institutions (UG) and technical (UM) all have very strong statistical correlation. Based on the study results recommendations are proffered to practitioners, academia and policy makers.</em>

scholarly journals State policy of the PRC on urban development (1949-2020): historical, regional and socio-demographic characteristics

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 67-77
Author(s):  
Svetlana Makeeva
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Construction Management ◽  
State Policy ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Initial Period ◽  
The State ◽  
Urban Construction ◽  
History Of

Introduction. The chronological framework of the study includes the period of development of the People’sRepublic of China from 1949 to the present, when state policy was formed in relation to large, medium and small cities, which had a significant impact on the socio-economic transformations of China. Goals and objectives of the study. It is necessary to consider the features of the implementation of the state policy of the PRC in the 1949–2000s. in relation to the development of urban areas, the regulation of the urbanization process. Materials and methods. The article was written on the basis of sources on the economic history of the PRC: materials of five-year plans, documents of the State Council and the Central Committee of theCommunist Party of China. The study used such special historical methods as problem-chronological and retrospective. Results. In the history of China’s state policy in relation to urban development, two main stages can be distinguished: 1. The initial period of urban construction management (1949–1976), when the main industrial urban centers of the PRC were formed. 2. The period of urban construction management in China after the start of the policy of “reform and opening” (from 1978 to the present), when cities began to act as the main “development poles” of the surrounding territories. Throughout its 70-year history, the Chinese city has become a center of national economic development and a “growth pole” for the regional economy. A modern production base, modernized educational, scientific and technological centers were formed in the cities. The state policy in the field of development of urban areas was regulated not only by five-year plans, as throughout the history of the PRC, but also by such important documents as the “National program of urbanization of a new type for 2014–2020” from 2015, Plan for the construction of 19 urban agglomerations in the Central, Western and North-Eastern regions from 2016. Conclusions. The formed state policy of China in relation to urban areas at the present stage is dictated by the tasks of co-development of urban and rural areas, the principles of building an ecological civilization, the norms of sustainable regional development, the requirements of modernizing economic changes in the interests of “socialism with Chinese characteristics”, as well as the goals of implementing the updated strategy of coordinated regional development.

Growth of urban farm employment in Tamil Nadu

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-92
Author(s):  
Balu Anthony
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
The State ◽  
District Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Primary Sector ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Labor Transfer

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the structure of employment in the most urbanized state in India during the period 1983-2010. The paper also analyses the determinants of growth of farm employment in urban areas in the state of Tamil Nadu. Design/methodology/approach The paper compares trends in employment in Tamil Nadu with that of the country as a whole. In order to see whether there is evidence of Lewisian labor transfer, the study examines labor transfer between sectors and percentage distribution of workers in the rural and urban areas. Findings The paper finds that employment in the entire non-agricultural sector slowed down in 2009-2010 compared to 2004-05 in Tamil Nadu. The share of employment in primary sector in urban areas increased more sharply, experiencing slow economic transformation in the post-reform years. The analysis reveals that rapid rural-urban transformation could be one reason for more people in the primary sector in urban areas. Research limitations/implications Studying the employment structure at the district level, for which analyzing the district-level data collected and published by state’s Bureau of Economics and Statistics is required, would be helpful to discern a deeper influence of urbanization on structure of employment. Practical implications The results suggest that the issue needs further examination with analysis of the district-level data. Policy reforms should, therefore, be suitably oriented toward tapping the employment potential of both unorganized and organized segments in manufacturing, trade and services sectors. It is also necessary to ensure robust economic growth that creates decent jobs for all young educated people in the state. Originality/value The study explains the domination of farm employment in urban Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu is considered to be the most urbanized state in India. The reason for an increase in the share of primary sector employment in urban areas of Tamil Nadu is due to high urbanization in the post-reform periods.

An indicator of urban morphology for landscape planning in Lombardy (Italy)

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 623-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Ronchi ◽  
Stefano Salata ◽  
Andrea Arcidiacono
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Landscape Planning ◽  
Geographical Area ◽  
Urban Morphology ◽  
Aesthetic Perception ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive

Purpose The spatial development of urban areas affects the characteristics of landscape as well as people’s aesthetic perception of it. Specifically, sprawl results in an urban morphology which is diametrically opposed to the compact city model and which assumes several kinds of patterns: for example “striped”, “ribbon” or “leapfrogged” urban development. Assessing urban morphology in spatial terms is crucial to urban policy, while landscape metrics are the key to a comprehensive understanding of different urban development patterns. The purpose of this paper to design and test an urban morphology indicator (UMI) for the Lombardy Regional Landscape Plan. Design/methodology/approach The paper describes an UMI that can be used to identify the heterogeneity of built-up patterns according to urban porosity, fragmentation and patch shape. This UMI is a result of Esri ArcGIS 10.3 “grouping analysis” which works by applying a spatial statistical metric for clustering geometries in a given geographical area. Findings Morphological analysis was used in regional urban development policies with a view to minimising impact on surrounding ecosystems and preserving the natural environment and landscape. It defines 28 different urban morphology patterns in the region, which are divided into systems, polarities and urbanised units. Originality/value The proposed methodology differs from those traditionally used in qualitative/descriptive landscape planning and supports the identification of morphological features with quantitative statistical and spatial data, allowing a fine-scale assessment of complex metrics.

Indonesian policy set to boost app-based services

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Taxi Drivers ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
The Government

Subject Outlook for app-based services such as Uber in Indonesia. Significance Uber started its business in Indonesia in 2014, and is now operating in four major urban areas: Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya and Bali. There are many other app-based transportation and other services operating in Indonesia, but Uber's presence in particular has led to major protests by taxi drivers in Jakarta and Bali. Impacts Absent an MRT system in Indonesia's large cities, middle-class consumers will be drawn to app-based taxi services. Innovation in app-based transportation and other services will lead conventional businesses to adapt to ensure survival. Taxi services are no panacea for Indonesia's vast transport gap; the government will seek foreign investment to expand services.

Urban Development and Landownership in Butterworth, Malaysia

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Goh Ban Lee ◽  
Hans-Dieter Evers
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
The State ◽  
Urban Centre ◽  
Rapid Industrialization ◽  
The City

Butterworth in the state of Penang is becoming an important urban centre in Peninsular Malaysia. The rapid industrialization taking place within and just outside the city limits, the opening of its military airport to civilian traffic, and the extension of its harbour facilities for ocean-going vessels have all served to encourage further urban development. The considerably increased frequency of the car ferry service to Penang island (since 1975) is further evidence of the growing economic importance of the region and has led to a certain suburbanization of Butterworth in relation to Georgetown, where possibilities of areal extension are limited by lack of space on the mountainous island of Penang.

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