Costs and challenges of local urban services : evidence from India's cities / Kala Seetharam Sridhar and Om Prakash Mathur.

By:

Sridhar, Kala Seetharam, 1966- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Mathur, Om Prakash, 1934- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextNew Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2009Description: xxii, 263 p. ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780198060840 (hbk.)
019806084X

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 363.60954 KAL 008992

LOC classification:

HD4699 .S75 2009

Contents:

Urbanization and infrastructure : an introduction Sampling and methodology for marginal cost estimation of water supply Data, sources, and variable definitions Trends in expenditure, marginal cost, and pricing structures : findings from data on water supply Instruments and methods of water pricing Solid waste management : institutions, financial mechanisms, and expenditure Other urban services : patterns in expenditure Urban reforms : a case study of Ludhiana Urban reforms : a case study of Rajkot Towards sustainable urbanization : summary and conclusions.

Summary: This study examines the provision of infrastructure in India's urban areas by examining the costs of providing these services. It analyses the challenges in reform of service delivery in the context of developing countries.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-257) and index.

Urbanization and infrastructure : an introduction
Sampling and methodology for marginal cost estimation of water supply
Data, sources, and variable definitions
Trends in expenditure, marginal cost, and pricing structures : findings from data on water supply
Instruments and methods of water pricing
Solid waste management : institutions, financial mechanisms, and expenditure
Other urban services : patterns in expenditure
Urban reforms : a case study of Ludhiana
Urban reforms : a case study of Rajkot
Towards sustainable urbanization : summary and conclusions.

This study examines the provision of infrastructure in India's urban areas by examining the costs of providing these services. It analyses the challenges in reform of service delivery in the context of developing countries.

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