TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sridhar,Kala Seetharam
AU  - Mathur,Om Prakash
TI  - Costs and challenges of local urban services: evidence from India's cities 
SN  - 9780198060840 (hbk.)
AV  - HD4699 .S75 2009
U1  - 363.60954 KAL 23
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Public utilities
KW  - India
KW  - Costs
KW  - Urbanization
KW  - Municipal services
N1  - 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

N2  - 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
ER  -