Future of urbanization (Record no. 216753)

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Title Future of urbanization
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Centre for Policy Research
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2001
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Extent 240p.
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Summary, etc. Political thinking and policy making in India have long been influenced by the belief that India is a <br/>rural country. The Census of 1981 and 1991 have helped in assailing these perceptions. In percentage terms <br/>the 1991 Census indicated about 25% of the population to be urban. The figure is estimated to be about <br/>30%, according to the Census of 2001. But these arithmetical averages ignore the reality of absolute <br/>numbers. India's present urban population of about 300 million people is 12 times as much as at the <br/>beginning of the century. In the next 20 years, the urban population will double itself. The statewide <br/>variations are already significant and will be more so in the future. <br/>While some states may still take refuge under percentages, for many others urbanisation is a strong <br/>economic, political and spatial reality. Maharashtra and Gujarat will be nearly half urban whereas Tamil <br/>Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra will be about 40% urban. Among the northern states Punjab, Haryana and <br/>Western U.P. will have significant levels and concentrations of urban population. So will it be in the Eastern <br/>states. The simple message is that urbanisation is not an aberration in space but a direct reflection and <br/>result of the economic changes. In the country as a whole, as in most of the states, industry and services <br/>are contributing an increasing proportion to the GDP as compared to agriculture. Good agricultural <br/>performance and surpluses from the farm economy are also a major stimulant to urbanisation. <br/>Unfortunately there has been very little attention or debate on the basic issues of urbanisation. <br/>Public attention and report in the media have been sporadic, occasioned more by the irritants of daily urban <br/>life and some visible manifestations such as congestion, pollution, water scarcity, sanitation etc. The <br/>National Commission on Urbanisation set up under the Chairmanship of Charles Correa and its report of <br/>1988 was the last occasion when any serious attention was paid to the subject. <br/>Financial assistance for this study has come from the HDFC (Housing Development Finance <br/>Corporation), the IDFC (Infrastructure Development Finance Company), and the IL&FS (Infrastructure <br/>Leasing and Financial Services) and has made the present studv possible. The study is limited to the 5 states <br/>of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. This is mainly because that these <br/>states are the ones who are rapidly becoming urban. They are also characterised by their initiatives to <br/>promote industrial and economic growth. They have been variously. labelled as progressive, dynamic or <br/>reforming states. Within the limited resources of money and time, the CPR believed it would be more <br/>effective to be selective and concentrate on these few states. <br/>
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Urbanisation
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