The Woodrow Wilson Center Press
The Inclusive City: Infrastructure and Public Services for the Urban Poor in Asia
Aprodicio A. Laquian, Vinod Tewari, and Lisa M. Hanley
Getting basic services—housing, transportation, trash disposal, water, and sanitation—poses almost unimaginable challenges to the urban poor of Asia. The Inclusive City provides case studies of how governmental programs attempt to meet these challenges by directly involving the poor themselves in improving their access to urban services through collaborative efforts. Case studies are drawn from the largest cities in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China (including Hong Kong), Indonesia, and the Philippines. Contributors to the book are scholar-practitioners from Asia as well as Australia, Canada, and the United States.
What People are Saying
"The strength of this book lies in the inclusive manner in which it deals with issues of public delivery, especially for the disempowered and the marginalized sections of Asian cities. It also looks into local initiatives for positive change and local interventions by government agencies. The work highlights collaborative endeavors for urban renewal and urban exemplars worthy of replication."
—Sudha Mohan, Department of Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai
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Preface
1 Introduction: Inclusion and Exclusion in Asian Cities
2 Who Are the Poor, and How Are They Served in Asian Cities? Aprodicio A. Laquian
3 Improving Housing and Basic Services for the Urban Poor in India, Vinod Tewari, Usha Raghupathi, and Jamal Husain Ansari
4 Community Upgrading and Institutional Capacity Building for the Urban Poor in Asia, Basil van Horen
5 Access and Mobility for the Urban Poor in India, Madhav G. Badami, Geetam Tiwari, and Dinesh Mohan
6 Balancing Efficiency and Equity in Public Transit in Pakistan, Murtaza Haider and Madhav G. Badami
7 Urban Transport in Chinese Cities: The Impact on the Urban Poor, Zhong-Ren Peng and Yi Zhu
8 Public Transit in Hong Kong: Does It Help the Poor? James Jixian Wang and Crystal Chan
9 Solid Waste Management in Asian Cities: Implications for the Urban Poor, Virginia W. Maclaren, Nazrul Islam, and Salma A. Shafi
10 The Privatization of Water Services: Effects on the Urban Poor in Jakarta and Metro Manila, Teti Argo and Aprodicio A. Laquian
11 The Coordination of Infrastructure and Public Services for the Urban Poor in Asia, Ellen Brennan-Galvin
12 Municipal and Metropolitan Governance: Are They Relevant to the Urban Poor? K. C. Sivaramakrishnan Bibliography
Contributors and Editors
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