Although efforts are made to provide and protect the rights of citizens in respect of livelihood, food, shelter, education and basic services, there are serious gaps in the plans of inclusive growth and actual delivery, which make way for informal cities. This book addresses the issues concerning the urban poverty and its manifestation in the form of informal city. Looking at the ongoing practices, perceptions, plans and programmes based on participatory learning process, it analyses various inter-related aspects of growth and poverty alleviation, viz-a-viz the problems of housing, basic infrastructural services, transport, micro-credit and public health. Based on an in-depth analysis, it suggests strategies for inclusive and empowered informal sector.
A. K. Jain, an architect and town planner, is a member of the advisory board of UN-Habitat. He is a Fellow of the Eastern Asia Region Organisation for Planning and Housing (EAROPH), International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISoCaRP), Indian Institute of Architects, Institute of Town Planners and the Indian Buildings Congress. He studied at Delhi School of Planning and Architecture, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Rotterdam and University of Birmingham. He is on Editorial Board of the International Journal of Environmental Studies (UK). As Commissioner Planning, Delhi Development Authority, he worked on the Master Plan for Delhi 2021, besides other planning and infrastructure projects. Mr. Jain is a visiting faculty at Delhi School of Planning and Architecture and has authored several papers and books including Urban Housing and Slums and Urban Land Policy and Public-Private Partnerships.
India's Urban Poverty – The Informal City – Policies, Programmes and Planning for the Poor – Housing and Basic Services for the Poor – Linking Shelter and Poverty Reduction – Informal Transport – Micro-credit for Poverty Reduction –Planning for Public Health – Basic Infrastructure Services for the Poor – Inclusive and Empowered Informal Sector – Bibliography – Index Contents in the CDAnnexure I : National Policy on Urban Street Vendors (Revised Draft) – Annexure II : The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Trade) Bill, 2007 – Annexure III : Draft Bill (2007) Unorganised Sector Workers' Social Security – Annexure IV : Old Age Pension Scheme for Informal Workers – Annexure V : National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy–2007 – Annexure VI : Planning Norms for Informal Sector
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