Understanding India’s Urban Frontier

According to the latest census of 2011, the urbanization level in India has increased from 27.8 percent in 2001 to 31.2 percent in 2011, and for the first time, the absolute increase in urban population exceeded the increase in rural population. India has different administrative arrangements for rural and urban areas, which are based on the 73rd and 74th amendments to the Constitution of India respectively. Since the census towns (CTs) continue to be governed by rural administrative arrangements this situation raises an additional set of questions, in addition to the nature of economic transformation, related to the trade-offs-between rural and urban status. The report shall try and find answers to the following questions: (a) how does their governance affect the settlements economically and spatially?; (b) what underpins the economic dynamics of these settlements?; and (c) what are the drivers of change in land use and what relationships, if any, are there between agglomeration of settlements and economic and social and governance processes? The report is organized into two main parts. The first part provides a reading of the existing literature on small towns along the three main axis of research: governance, employment, and spatial change. It also provides a detailed rationale for the choice of sites and expands on the methodology chosen. The second part constitutes of four sections: (i) the first considers the CT as a liminal notion, enabling to unpack ones reading of urbanization; (ii) the second is concerned with the shift towards non-farm employment, the reality (or not) of sectoral differentiation in CTs, and the analysis of the new types of jobs existing in the towns; (iii) the third is concerned with the existing debates and practices around the idea that some CTs should become statutory towns; and (iv) the fourth looks at the various urban services and attempts to assess which variations (rural and urban; state) explain differences in services.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2015-08-28
Subjects:	SANITATION, POPULATION DENSITIES, LAND USE PATTERN, POPULATION DISTRIBUTION, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, VILLAGES, URBAN CONCENTRATION, URBANIZATION, WASTE MANAGEMENT, URBAN GROWTH, SHOPS, HOUSEHOLD CONNECTION, TOWN PLANNING, PREMISES, WATER SUPPLY SERVICE, VEHICLES, URBAN SETTLEMENTS, WATER SYSTEMS, LARGER TOWNS, WATER SUPPLY, SERVICES, TREND, URBAN GOVERNANCE, HOUSING, SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, SURFACE WATER, NEIGHBORHOOD, HEALTH, PROJECT, PROJECTS, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, CITIES, PROVISION OF SERVICES, TOWNS, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SMALL TOWNS, URBAN CENTER, GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS, HOUSING PROJECTS, MUNICIPALITIES, DRIVERS, SETTLEMENTS, REGIONAL TRANSPORT, ROAD, RURAL HOUSING, TRANSPORT, INTERVENTION, POPULATION GROWTH, METROPOLITAN CITIES, METROPOLITAN AREAS, RAIL LINE, WATER, INHABITANTS, MARKETS, POLLUTION, SETTLEMENT, PUBLIC WATER, SOCIAL STRUCTURES, SERVICE PROVISION, SMALL TOWN, SERVICE DELIVERY, RURAL ROADS, TRANSPORT INDUSTRY, LIBRARY, SUBSIDIES, HOUSE CONSTRUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE, TAXES, LAND USE, DESIGN, SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, HAND-PUMPS, DRIVING, TRAVEL, ARCHITECTURE, TRANSIT, POLICIES, URBAN PLANNING, HAND PUMP, SELF HELP, PARTICIPATION, GENDER, SOLID WASTE, LARGE CITIES, URBAN CENTERS, SYSTEMS, OCCUPATIONS, OCCUPATION, BUILT UP AREAS, URBAN AREAS, HOUSEHOLD, URBAN AREA, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS, MARKET, NEIGHBOURHOODS, SERVICE QUALITY, PUBLIC WORKS, RAILWAY, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, MUNICIPAL FINANCE, LARGE TOWNS, POPULATION GROWTH RATE, TOWN, STREET LIGHTS, ROADS, WELLS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HIGHWAY, SANITATION SERVICES, DRINKING WATER, GROUND WATER, RESIDENTIAL AREAS, HOUSEHOLDS, HOUSEHOLD USE, ACCESS TO SERVICES, GOVERNMENT HOUSING, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, URBAN ECONOMY, RURAL AREAS, WASTE COLLECTION, RAIL, FACILITIES, SEPTIC TANK, INVESTMENTS, HOUSES, INTERVENTIONS, COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS, NEW TOWNS, COMMUNITY, HOSPITALS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, URBAN POPULATION, MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, FEMALE, PIPELINE, PUBLIC TOILETS, DISTRICTS, SERVICE, RENTING, RURAL SETTLEMENTS, URBAN STUDIES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24970719/india-understanding-india’s-urban-frontier-behind-emergence-census-towns-india https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22745
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