Urbanization beyond Municipal Boundaries : Nurturing Metropolitan Economies and Connecting Peri-Urban Areas in India

The report is organized into three chapters: chapter two looks at the pace and patterns of India's urbanization, providing a 100-year perspective on demographic shifts and a 20-year perspective on the spatial distribution of jobs across India's portfolio of settlements. The review is based on a careful, spatially detailed analysis of data from economic and demographic censuses, annual surveys of industry, national sample surveys, and special surveys of freight transport. This chapter provides diagnostics on whether Indian industry is adequately exploiting agglomeration economies and whether there are hints of specific barriers to the natural tendency of standardized industry to reshuffle from large metropolitan areas to smaller urban areas. Chapter three examines specific policy issues and investment bottlenecks that are curbing the pace and benefits of urbanization in India. The policy issues relate to land markets and housing, connectivity (within and between cities), and access to basic services. The purpose of this analysis is to unravel the specific distortions that may be preventing India from reaping the entire range of benefits of urbanization. Chapter four provides some options for policy reform, distilling lessons from relevant international experience. It provides options for establishing the 'rules of the game' that can define the workings of land and property markets as well as coordination of land use and infrastructure in cities. This chapter also provides a framework for policy makers to identify the role of regulatory and price reform in expanding infrastructure services and to make investments that enhance capacity.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013-02-21
Subjects:	ACCESSIBLE LOCATIONS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE TRANSPORT, AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS, AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES, AIR, ASSETS, BOTTLENECKS, BUILDING RIGHTS, CAPITAL MOBILITY, CAR, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS, CITIES, CITY SIZE, COMMUTERS, CONGESTION, COST OF TRANSPORT, CROSSING, DEPRECIATION, DRAINAGE, DRIVING, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EMPLOYMENT, EXPENDITURES, FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE, FINANCIAL SERVICES, FLOOR AREA, FLOOR AREA RATIO, FLOOR SPACE, FREIGHT, FREIGHT COSTS, FREIGHT TRANSPORT, GOOD TRANSPORT, HIGH TRANSPORT, HIGHWAY, INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, JOURNEY, LABOR MARKETS, LAND MARKETS, LAND POLICIES, LAND PRICES, LAND SUPPLY, LAND USE, LARGE CITIES, LAWS, LEGISLATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, METROPOLITAN AREAS, METROPOLITAN CITIES, MODES OF TRANSPORT, MUNICIPAL, MUNICIPAL BONDS, MUNICIPALITIES, NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM, NATIONAL RAILWAY, NATIONAL TRANSPORT, NEIGHBORHOODS, NEW ENTRANTS, NEW TOWNS, O&M, OPERATING EXPENDITURES, PEAK HOURS, POPULATION DENSITIES, POPULATION DENSITY, POPULATION GROWTH, PRIVATE CAR OWNERSHIP, PRIVATE MOTOR VEHICLES, PRODUCTIVITY, PROFITABILITY, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PROPERTY TAXES, PUBLIC ENTERPRISES, PUBLIC FINANCE, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC TRANSIT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC WORKS, RAILROAD, RAILWAY SYSTEM, RAILWAYS, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, RENT CONTROL, RESETTLEMENT, RETURN ON ASSETS, RIDERSHIP, RISK MANAGEMENT, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADS, ROUTE, ROUTES, SAFETY, SAFETY NETS, SANITATION, SLUMS, SPEEDS, STREETS, SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, SUBURBAN AREAS, SUBURBS, TOWNSHIPS, TRANSIT, TRANSIT STATIONS, TRANSIT SYSTEM, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORT AFFORDABILITY, TRANSPORT CORRIDORS, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTS, TRANSPORT NETWORK, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, TRAVEL TIME, TRUCKS, TRUE, URBAN, URBAN AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES, URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS, URBAN AREA, URBAN AREAS, URBAN BASIC SERVICES, URBAN CENTERS, URBAN CONCENTRATION, URBAN CORE, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, URBAN ECONOMICS, URBAN EXPANSION, URBAN GEOGRAPHY, URBAN GROWTH, URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE, URBAN LAND, URBAN MOBILITY, URBAN PLANNERS, URBAN PLANNING, URBAN PLANS, URBAN POPULATION, URBAN POPULATION GROWTH, URBAN POVERTY, URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION, URBAN RENEWAL, URBAN SECTOR, URBAN SETTLEMENTS, URBAN SPRAWL, URBAN STRUCTURE, URBAN SYSTEMS, URBAN TRANSPORT, URBANIZATION, USER CHARGES, VEHICLE, VEHICLES, WATER SUPPLY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17406707/urbanization-beyond-municipal-boundaries-nurturing-metropolitan-economies-connecting-peri-urban-sreas-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13105
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