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Emerging cities in India and China: Enormity of challenges posed by rapid urbanism
Dilip SankarreddySave Bombay Committee, NGO,
India
Agenda
Discuss the phenomenon of rapid urbanization in developing and transitional economies
Highlight the emergence of huge number of cities in India and China
Discuss the problems and challenges
Seek formulation of a generalized solution
Viewing world through population density
Source: CIESIN
Dangerous combination
Rapid economic growth due to globalization
Vast areas
High-density population
Host of peculiar local constraints
Ineffective local administrative bodies
Banding the cities based on population
Population in millions
1st band Greater than 3
2nd band Between 2 and 3
3rd band Between 1 and 2
4th band Between 0.5 and 1
5th band Between 0.25 and 0.5
Indian cities in band 1
Population in millions Legend
1st band Greater than 3
Chinese cities in band 1
Population in millions Legend
1st band Greater than 3
Indian cities in bands 1 and 2
Population in millions Legend
1st band Greater than 3
2nd band Between 2 and 3
Chinese cities in bands 1 and 2
Population in millions Legend
1st band Greater than 3
2nd band Between 2 and 3
Indian cities in bands 1, 2 and 3
Population in millions Legend
1st band Greater than 3
2nd band Between 2 and 3
3rd band Between 1 and 2
Chinese cities in bands 1, 2 and 3
Population in millions Legend
1st band Greater than 3
2nd band Between 2 and 3
3rd band Between 1 and 2
Indian cities in bands 1, 2, 3 and 4
Population in millions Legend
1st band Greater than 3
2nd band Between 2 and 3
3rd band Between 1 and 2
4th band Between 0.5 and 1
Chinese cities in bands 1, 2, 3 and 4
Population in millions Legend
1st band Greater than 3
2nd band Between 2 and 3
3rd band Between 1 and 2
4th band Between 0.5 and 1
Comparison of cities across bands
Population in millions
India China Brazil US
1st band Greater than 3 10 8 2 2
2nd band Between 2 and 3 4 8 4 2
3rd band Between 1 and 2 36 28 10 5
4th band Between 0.5 and 1 49 57 21 23
5th band Between 0.25 and 0.5 78 Not available 57 38
Few constraints
Creation of electoral constituencies such as to diminish the territorial significance of urban areas
Lack of mature and professional city-governing bodies
Lack of adequate information in public domain
Towards formulation of a generalized solution
Devolution of more powers to city-governing bodies
Building city-wise institutions for urban planning that help create effective territorial entities
Framing of rules to ensure better administrative accountability
Creating means for lasting coordination between all administrative establishments across all cities
Exploring the possibility of arriving at territorial suggestive upper limits of output
Towards formulation of a generalized solution (Contd.)
Marginal de-politicizing of urban administration by giving administrative role to urban experts
Creating professional regulation bodies and watchdog agencies
City administration should be made accountable not only for the administration of the city, but also for the environmental well-being of the suburbs
Open all practices of administration to public scrutiny and debate
