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Urban Infrastructure and Services

• Management of Urban Services, 1986

Rs. 200; US$15

Research Study 14

The study attempts to determine the management and organizational problems that are encountered by the urban local bodies in their attempts to deliver urban services efficiently and the factors responsible for this. It suggests the measures that could be adopted to overcome these problems.

• Provision of Urban Water Supply: Institutional Options, 1988

Rs. 200; US$15

Research Study 33

The study analyses and assesses the existing institutional arrangements for the provision of urban water supply in the state of Karnataka. It identifies the key problems encountered by the Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board and the municipal bodies in the operation and maintenance of the system and suggests options for dealing with these.

• Public-Private Sector Provision of Urban Services, 1991

Rs. 300; US$20

Research Study 50

This study examines the share of the public and private sectors in the provision of urban services in three cities – Gurgaon, Varanasi and Visakhapatnam. It studies the existing institutional arrangements within the public sector for this purpose. It analyses the efficiency of provision, financial aspects and the accessibility of the services to different sections of the population. The four services studied in the report are water supply, sanitation, transportation and health care.

• Privatisation of Land Development and Urban Services: A Case Study of CIDCO, 1994

Rs. 300; US$20

Research Study 57

This report documents the experiences of CIDCO with privatisation of land development and urban services in New Bombay. In particular, the report brings out the innovations used by CIDCO in the provision of infrastructure and services and development of land. Some of the innovations in pricing and cost recovery have also been highlighted.

• Transport Alternatives for Medium-Sized Cities, 1993

Rs. 250, US$20

Research Study 56

This study assesses the overall demand and supply of urban transport in three medium-sized cities – Ranchi, Cuttuck and Rajkot. It also examines the economic viability of the existing modes of transport and their availability in cities of varying spatial structures, density and functions. The study recommends suitable forms of transport alternatives and suggests measures to improve the functioning of the existing modes of transport.

• Inner City Environment and Urban Renewal of Mysore, 1994

Rs. 350; US$30

Research Study 58

Urban renewal is conventionally understood as planned public intervention to prevent the decline of the older parts of cities. Funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, this report incorporates the ‘urban renewal’ concept through a detailed study of two historic residential neighbourhoods of Mysore. An attempt is made to formulate a management strategy to improve ‘inner cities’ in tune with the recent legislations enacted at the national and global level.

• Scope and Practice of Privatisation of Urban Services in India, 1997

Rs. 350; US$30

Research Study 60

The study attempts an analysis of the existing institutional arrangements, particularly private sector involvement, in the provision of four municipal services – water supply, sewerage, solid waste and roads. It recommends the type of public-private partnership arrangements that the local governments could adopt for improving the provision of these services. Four cities are taken up for study – Pune, Indore, Vishakhapatnam and Baroda. Based on an examination of the legal framework under which the local governments operate, the study recommends the changes that may be necessary in order to facilitate the entry of private contractors/ firms to the urban services sector.

• Fare Structure of the Public Bus System in the Four Super-Metropolitan Cities of India, 1985

Rs. 100; US$10

Research Study 84

The study takes a comparative view of the public bus fares and the degree of subsidization involved in the four super-metropolitan cities of India. The main strength of the study lies in not only laying bare the public bus fare situation in the four cities but also in highlighting the consequences of any change therein.

• Social Accounting of the Delhi Transport Corporation, 1985

Rs. 100; US$10

Research Study 85

The study makes a detailed analysis of the accounts of the Delhi Transport Corporation in an attempt to seek possible explanations for the losses that it has incurred. It compares the performance of the DTC with that of BEST and PTCL, and specially examines whether DTC can wipe out its losses if it raises its fares to those charged by BEST and PTCL.

• Status of Water Supply, Sanitation and Solid Waste Management in Urban Areas of India, 2002

Forthcoming

The study presents the status of water supply, sanitation and solid waste management in 300 class I and class II cities and towns in the country. It also gives the additional capital investments for covering the entire urban population by these services till the year 2022.