India's Reluctant Urbanization Thinking Beyond

Given the expected scale of the urban transformation in India over the next decade, and the time compaction within which this will occur, this study presents a crucial analysis of the challenges facing urban India. Through a close examination of India's policies, politics, and economic and social systems, it explores the numerous perspectives and debates on India's urbanization. Where is urbanization happening and what are the key drivers and forces – local, regional, national, or international? It seeks to highlight the dividends and perils of urbanization as they have and will play out over the years, and attempts to paint a picture of the future of urbanization in India.

India's Reluctant Urbanization is essential reading for scholars and researchers of urban economics and those interested in development economics and, in particular, India's economy.

Piyush Tiwari is Associate Professor of Property at University of Melbourne, Australia. Previously he was Director, Policy at Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), India, where he was involved in contributing to policies for private financing of urban infrastructure in close cooperation with national and state governments.

Ranesh R Nair is a Senior Manager with EY in the Middle East. He was Senior Vice President of Policy with IDFC in New Delhi, with a focus on urban infrastructure, governance and the rural-urban interface.

Pavan Kumar Ankinapalli is an Urban Planner with specialisation in Infrastructure Planning by training. He is currently Associate Vice President at IDFC Foundation, New Delhi.

Jyoti Rao is an architect - urban planner. During start of her career she was involved in physical planning of Gujarat International Finance Tech (GIFT) - City project which is a large scale property development project coming up in Gandhinagar (Gujarat, India).
Pritika Hingorani is an economist-urban planner. Currently she is Associate Vice President with the IDFC Foundation India. Her areas of interests are urbanization and associate issues.

Manisha Gulati is an Energy Economist with WWF South Africa. She is an economics graduate from St. Stephen's College, India and holds a Masters Degree in Business Economics from the University of Delhi, India.

1.India's Reluctant Urbanization: Setting the Stage
2.Drivers of Emerging Urban Landscape
3.Build Environment
4.Productive Environment
5.Living Environment
6.Natural Environment: Towards [Re] Generative Cities
7.Governing Environment
8.Thinking Beyond