Better Cities, Better Growth: India's Urban Opportunity
Economy, The New Climate; Cities, WRI Ross Centre for Sustainable; Transitions, Coalition for Urban; Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel; Bank, The World | November 2016
Abstract
India is on the cusp of an urban transition. The country’s urban population reached 420 million or 33% of its total population in 2015. It is expected to almost double to 800 million by 2050,2 when one in every two Indians is expected to reside in its towns and cities. By 2031, 75% of India’s national income is expected to come from cities, an increase on the current 66%, and the majority of new jobs will be created in urban areas.3 Policy engagement on meeting India’s urban challenge is also at a turning point. The Government of India has launched an array of initiatives to tackle issues of urban growth and liveability, including “100 Smart Cities”, “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” (Clean India Mission), “500 Cities Fund”, “Urban Infrastructure”, “Heritage Cities”, and “Make in India” programmes. This urban focus is timely and appropriate, for several reasons.
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Economy, The New Climate; Cities, WRI Ross Centre for Sustainable; Transitions, Coalition for Urban; Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel; Bank, The World. 2016. Better Cities, Better Growth: India's Urban Opportunity. © Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/9096.Keywords
Urbanization
Urban Services
Urban Projects
Urban Problems
Urban Poverty
Urban Policy
Urban Planning
Urban Infrastructure
Urban Health
Urban Government
Urban Economic Development
Urban Development Finance
Urban Development
Urban Conditions
Urban Communities
Urban Population
Environmental Sustainability
Urban Plans
Urbanism
Urban agriculture
Economic Development
Rural Urban Migration
Cities
Institutional Framework
Business Management
Corporate Restructuring
Emission Control
Pollution Control
Urban traffic
Urban Plans
Local government
Urban renewal
Urban housing
Urban sociology
Transit systems
Rapid transit
Public transit
Mass transit
Personnel management
Corporate reorganizations
Intergovernmental cooperation
Carbon dioxide mitigation
Ecological risk assessment
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