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Urbanisation without chaos: How to plan and govern our cities

A governance ambiguity widens the gaps between the core of a city and peri-urban areas, resulting in a highly scattered and unorganised urbanisation

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Amit KapoorBibek Debroy
There are multiple lenses through which one can try to understand urbanisation in order to leverage its advantages for overall growth. One may look at the pace of urbanisation at the national, sub-regional or regional level and mark it against the global level to understand how far ahead or behind India is compared to its peers on this journey.

In this respect, we are aware that India’s rate of urbanisation is about 35 per cent, while the global average is close to 56 per cent. Another way to look at it is to understand the global variations associated with urbanisation
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