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Emerging Challenges for Urban Transformation in India with Particular Reference to the Transport Sector


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The urbanisation process has been quite rapid all across the world in the past several decades resulting in high rates of growth of economies while, at the same time, being accompanied by severe problems of inadequate housing and other infrastructural facilities like transport, water supply, etc. Even in a developing country like India, issues arising out of urban growth and thereby urban transformation are assuming great significance. In this paper, we examine the various issues that have been thrown up in India in the past as a result of transformation of economies into urban ones and the challenges that are currently being faced especially in the context of provision of transport services in the course of attempts being made in cities to be made more smart and live able by way of an adequate level of delivered public services which are required to support a good and reasonable quality of life for everyone who resides there.

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Urbantransformation, Urbantransport Problem, Inclusivegrowth, Smart Cities Growth, Futuristic Challenges.
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S. Sriraman
Indian School of Political Economy, Pune, India

Abstract


The urbanisation process has been quite rapid all across the world in the past several decades resulting in high rates of growth of economies while, at the same time, being accompanied by severe problems of inadequate housing and other infrastructural facilities like transport, water supply, etc. Even in a developing country like India, issues arising out of urban growth and thereby urban transformation are assuming great significance. In this paper, we examine the various issues that have been thrown up in India in the past as a result of transformation of economies into urban ones and the challenges that are currently being faced especially in the context of provision of transport services in the course of attempts being made in cities to be made more smart and live able by way of an adequate level of delivered public services which are required to support a good and reasonable quality of life for everyone who resides there.

Keywords


Urbantransformation, Urbantransport Problem, Inclusivegrowth, Smart Cities Growth, Futuristic Challenges.

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