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Habitat And Urbanisation

Infrastructure and city competitiveness in India

Do local improvements in infrastructure provision improve city competitiveness? What public finance mechanisms stimulate local infrastructure supply? And how do local efforts compare with national decisions of placing inter-regional trunk infrastructure?

Publication Date: 
01/02/2011
Somik V. Lall, Uwe Deichmann, Hyoung Gun Wang
The World Bank
Tags:
Urbanisation, India, Infrastructure Development, Private Sector, Urban Development, Habitat And Urbanisation
Sanitation

Goal: Sanitised urban Orissa by 2017

BHUBANESWAR: This might appear a tall order but the State Government has set a goal of turning urban Orissa totally sanitised by 2016-17 in tune with the National Urban Policy.

The Government, which aims at creating community driven healthy towns, has come up with the Urban Sanitation Strategy to free urban areas from open defecation.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2011
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Sewage, Sanitation, Toilets, Habitat And Urbanisation, Infrastructure Development, Urban Sanitation
Economy

Economic survey 2010-11: Government of Orissa

The Orissa Economic Survey, 2010-11 takes note of the efforts of the State Government to bring visible improvements in the State finances, to reduce Debt-GSDP ratio from 55.92% in 2002-2003 to the sustainable level of 23.24% in 2009-10, to create fiscal space for higher plan and capital outlays to propel growth in the economy, and to accelerate

Publication Date: 
01/02/2011
Government of Orissa
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Economy, Orissa (Odisha), Agriculture, Industry, Infrastructure Development, Services, Poverty, Water Supply, Sanitation, Minerals
Poverty

How to approach environmentalism

It would not be wrong to say that virtually all infrastructure and industrial projects—from mining to thermal and hydel and nuclear power to cement or steel—are under attack today from communities who fear loss of livelihoods. These communities are at the forefront of India’s environmental movement. They are its warriors.

Publication Date: 
31/01/2011
Sunita Narain
Down to Earth
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Poverty, Infrastructure Development, Naxalites, Forest Rights Act 2006, Development, Gram Sabhas, Panchayats, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Conflicts, Public Participation, Sustainable Development
Governance And Institutions

Breaking out of the input trap

The recently released Annual Survey of Education Report serves as an important reminder of India

Publication Date: 
31/01/2011
Yamini Aiyar
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Infrastructure Development, Budget, Economy, Education, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Panchayats, Toilets, Sanitation
Habitat And Urbanisation

Redefining the inclusive urban agenda in India

Urban renewal, with a focus on inclusive development of urban centres, is one of the thrust areas in the National Common Minimum Programme and accordingly the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission was launched. This paper analyses the present urban development policies with a focus on coverage at the state and size-class levels, the extent of equity and effectiveness of the programme.

Publication Date: 
29/01/2011
Debolina Kundu, Dibyendu Samanta
Economic and Political Weekly
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Habitat And Urbanisation, India, Urban Development, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Poverty, Infrastructure Development, Urban Water Supply, Urban Sanitation, Urban Housing
Land

19,000 hectares, 78 villages wait for development by MMRDA

With an area close to 19,000 hectares in 78 villages in Kalyan and Bhiwandi under its control, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is sitting on a potential goldmine.

However, the authority

Publication Date: 
27/01/2011
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
Bhiwandi, Land, Development, Maharashtra, Infrastructure Development
Transport

Nath raises bar for Delhi Metro, aims to surpass London Tube

New Delhi: Kamal Nath, who took charge as the urban development minister on Thursday, has big plans for Delhi Metro, making it bigger than London

Publication Date: 
21/01/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
London, Delhi, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Urban Transport, Ministry Of Urban Development, Infrastructure Development, Ministry of Shipping Road Transport and Highways
Habitat And Urbanisation

Hydel projects, apple orchards to be HPs new tourism destinations

Besides the famous rock-cut Masroor temple, hydro-electric projects, apple orchards and dam sites will now be publicised as new tourism destinations among schoolchildren of Himachal and other states.

During a seminar held at Dharamsala on Masroor temple of Kangra district on Tuesday, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said the state tourism department would explore organising Masroor Festival to

Publication Date: 
19/01/2011
Indian Express (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Himachal Pradesh, Tourism, Apple, Horticulture, Hydroelectricity, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Infrastructure Development, Kangra
Habitat And Urbanisation

Beijing goes in for underground tunnels

Despite impressive infrastructure, the city has struggled to cope with the surge in number of cars.
To ease the congestion, China plans a number of measures, including a cap on the number of licence plates being issued annually.

BEIJING: Authorities in China have come up with an unlikely solution to tackle this city's infamous traffic problems

Publication Date: 
18/01/2011
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Congestion, China, Infrastructure Development, Highways, Habitat And Urbanisation

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