India's Blind Spot
Understanding and Managing Our Cities
$110.18
- Hardcover
420 pages
- Release Date
11 February 2023
Summary
Indian policy has been characterised by a denial of urbanization. This has prevented us from meaningfully addressing the blizzard of policy issues that come with the phenomenon: from governance deficit to infrastructure shortfall, from effective management of land to lack of focus on growing city economies; from access to potable water to incessant flooding; from traffic congestion to sufficient urban green and public spaces; and from lack of safety to marginalization of urban poor, migrants,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789354895203 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 9354895204 |
| Author: | Devashish Dhar |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers India |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers India |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 420 |
| Release Date: | 11 February 2023 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 150mm x 230mm |
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Critics Review
Does a brilliant job of combining economics, history and international relations to highlight the importance of well-planned, sustainable cities for India, and to illustrate how to implement sound urbanization … Insightful, evidence-backed, comprehensive, progressive and scholarly.‘Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa and former CEO, NITI Aayog.‘Highly accessible … an essential read for not just policymakers and investors, but also curious citizens.‘Dr Samir Saran, President, Observer Research Foundation (ORF).The book is state-of-the-art and will be of immense value to students, teachers, scholars, administrators and policy-makers.‘Dr Prasanna K. Mohanty, former chief secretary to Government of Andhra Pradesh,author of several books on India’s urban issues.
Devashish Dhar
Devashish Dhar is a former Public Policy Specialist at NITI Aayog. He is a Mason Fellow from the Harvard Kennedy School and Li Ka Shing Scholar from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore. He is also a Raisina Fellow, an IVLP Fellow, and has authored several articles for national publications.
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