. URBAN MANAGEMENT : ISSUES & STRATEGIES (PP-236) Course Outline and Plan Course Name: RD 230 Urban Management: Issues and Strategies Term: MIM Term 1, 2015-2016 Instructor: Annapurna Shaw Course pre-requisites: None Course Objective This course is designed to highlight both issues and strategies for the better management of the Indian urban environment. A comparative perspective, however, is encouraged in the understanding of both problems and strategies. It covers the following topics: (1) Cities, economic liberalization and urban management; (2) organizational framework for urban management and urban governance: the structure of urban administration in India; constitutional provisions, implications of the Constitution (74th Amendment) Act, 1992, urban governance models and agents; local economic development;(3) urban finances: fiscal domain of urban local bodies, their revenues and expenditures, new financial initiatives; (4) urban land management: characteristics of the land market and existing land policy, strategies for more efficient land management; urban housing market, supply side constraints and incentives; (5) Water supply and sanitation: existing structures and alternative strategies; (6) solid waste management: existing policy and new directions; (7) Urban transport: towards sustainable solutions Pedagogy The mode of instruction will be lectures and class discussions. Students will be expected to work on a live project and make a presentation. They are also expected to read the readings, particularly those related to cases so as to enable more class participation. Evaluation method Group Project 45% weight subdivided as follows: First presentation by each team. 10% Final presentation at term end.. 10% Written report 25% Class participation. 10% End term exam 45% weight
Contents and Plan with Reading List & 1. 1 2. 2 3 4 5. Description Introduction to the course: discussion of course and its contents; Cities as solutions in an urbanizing world Defining urban management and understanding the broader context UN Centre for Human Settlements.1996. Cities as solutions in an urbanizing world. Reprinted in The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Cities edited by D. Satterthwaite, London: Earthscan Publications, 2004, pp. 55-61. Urban growth: Drivers and components Indian urbanization trends and its implications for planning: Looking at the entire urban system Subaltern urbanization Denis, Eric et al. 2012. Subaltern Urbanization in India. Economic and Political ly, July 28, pp 52-62. The structure of urban administration in India: Central level Role and functions The Centre s focus on urban sector reforms JNNURM (Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission) Sivaramkrishnan, K. 2011. Coverage and Components Chapter 2 of his book Revisioning Indian Cities: The Urban Renewal Mission, pp 17-46, New Delhi: Sage Publications. Introduction to the Group Project: discussion and formation of teams etc. 5 will be a visit to the Project site by the class on the weekend. 3 The structure of urban administration in India: State and local level The local level role and functions 6 Changes after the 74 th Amendment Act Savage, David and Dasgupta, Shubhagato. 2006. Governance framework for delivery of urban services. India Infrastructure Report, 2006. Pp. 42-58. Ramanathan Ramesh. 2007. Federalism, Urban Decentralisation and Citizen Participation. Economic and Political ly. Feb. 24, pp. 674-681. 7. Governance at the local level
Devas, Nick. 2001. Does city governance matter for the urban poor? International Planning Studies. 6 (4): 393-408. Ahluwalia, Isher Judge, 2014. Set standards and reform to deliver public services: Karnataka From the author s book Transforming our Cities; Postcards of Change, Harper-Collins, India. 4 5 8 and 9 6 10 11 Puja Vacation 29 September to 5 th October Improving municipal administration and service delivery through E-governance Guest Lectures Finances of urban local bodies and new financial initiatives Reading: Mathur, Om Prakash. 2006. Urban Finance. India Infrastructure Report, 2006, pp 82-105. First Presentation of Work/Progress on Group Project 7 8 12 20 th October 26 th October Mid-term Exams-No Classes Characteristics of the urban land market Urban Land management: inner city, outer city, urban periphery Balchin, Paul N., Bull, Gregory H. and Kieve, Jeffrey L. 1995. The market and the location of urban land uses. from Urban Land Economics and Public Policy (5 th Edition), pp. 48-56, Hampshire: Macmillan Press. Chakravorty, Sanjoy. 2013. A new price regime: Land markets in urban and rural India. Economic and Political ly, 48 (17): 45-54. 13 Characteristics of housing The housing market in India *National Housing Policy, 2007 Sivam Alpana and S. Karuppannan. 2002. Role of state and market in housing delivery for low-income groups in India. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. Vol. 17, pp 69-88. 9 10 3 November- 9 November- Summer placement-no Classes Low cost housing and slum upgradation Dharavi: Developing Asia s largest slum Reading: HBS case and
14 Satterthwaite, David, 2010. Upgrading slums: With and for slum dwellers. Economic and Political ly, 45(10): 12-16. Class discussion 15 11 16 17 12 18 Water supply Existing situation of water supply in major cities Urban water sector reforms Ahluwalia, Isher Judge. 2014 Making urbanization potable: Maharashtra Sujal Nirmal Abhiyan. From the author s book Transforming our Cities; Postcards of Change, Harper-Collins, India. Nayar, Lola. 2013. Not worth the parchment? Outlook, June 24, pp. 14-18. Conners, Geneieve. 2005. When utilities muddle through: Pro-poor governance in Bangalore s public water sector. Environment and Urbanization, 17(1): 201-217. Sanitation and sewerage Existing situation New models for household sanitation delivery and wastewater management Reading: Dileep Mavalankar and Manjunath Shankar. Sanitation and water supply: The forgotten infrastructure. In India Infrastructure Report, 2004. Parkinson, Jonathan and Tayler, Kevin (2003). Decentralized wastewater management in per-urban areas in low-income countries, Environment and Urbanization, 15 (1): 75-89. Solid waste management Vira, Bhaskar and Vira, Shiraz. 2004. India s urban environment: Current knowledge and future possibilities. In Twenty First Century India: Population, Economy, Human Development and the Environment. Pp. 292-133. Edited by Tim Dyson, Robert Cassen and Leela Visaria. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. Agarwal, Vivek S. and Gupta, Neeraj. 2008. Models for solid waste management in India. India Infrastructure Report, 2008. Pp. 187-190. Ahluwalia, Isher Judge. 2014. Pammal cuts its waste: community at work From the author s book Transforming our Cities; Postcards of Change, Harper-Collins, India. Transport Existing situation New models of public transport *National Urban Transport Policy, 2006. 41pp. Agarwal, O.P. 2006. Urban Transport. India Infrastructure Report, 2006. Pp. 106-129. Ahluwalia, Isher Judge. 2014. A PPP ticket to ride in Indore Ahluwalia, Isher Judge. 2014 Bringing speed to bus rides: Ahmedabad from author s
book Transforming our Cities; Postcards of Change, Harper-Collins, India. Last on-campus class: Summing up 19 Student presentation of group projects at an off-campus location during the 13 weekend. 20. *These readings are not in the handbook. They will be put up on the web.