Strengthening Urban Management India 2004

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• Strengthening Urban Management India 2004
• City Development Strategy As a Strategic Tool for
  City Development Hyderabad Experience
• Prof. V. Srinivas Chary
• Dr A. Narender
• Administrative Staff College of India
• Bella Vista
• Hyderabad

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Why CDS?

• Cities need to plan ahead in order to make more
  informed choices about the future and they need
  to act now
• A city development strategy supports cities in
  this critical decision-making process and is
  focused on implementation

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What is CDS?

• IT IS A TOOL TO HELP TO CREATE
• SUSTAINABLE CITIES

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Objective of CDS

• To create cities that are
• Manageable well governed
• Competitive economically productive
• Bankable - sound financial health
• Livable - high quality environment

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What is CDS?

• It is an action plan for equitable growth in
  cities and their surrounding regions, developed
  and sustained through participation, to improve
  the quality of life for all citizens

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What CDS Does?

• Helps diagnose the challenges faced by the city
• Develops strategic and process oriented thinking
• Creates better understanding of linkages between
  interventions and outcomes

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What CDS Does?

• Enables participation of stakeholders including
  the poor in development
• Optimises city resources for growth and
  development
• Helps to link up with national and global
  economies

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CDS Process

• Stakeholder analysis
• Preparation of comprehensive development
  framework
• City consultations
• Vision, SAP and CIP
• Implementation and Monitoring

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Who is Responsible for Preparing CDS?

• The local government under the leadership of
  Mayor/Commissioner
• A high level inter institutional task force under
  the Chairpersonship of Mayor/Commissioner
• Appointing a Local Partner Institution

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• CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY HYDERABAD

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The Context

• Hyderabad U.A. with a population of 5.75 million
  is the sixth largest city in the country
• Embarked on a high growth path, the city needs to
  attract investments and address the issues of
  poverty

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The Context

• Role model for successful and sustained urban
  community development programme
• Pioneer in implementing innovative approaches for
  the poor
• Made a paradigm shift from conventional slum
  improvement projects to institutionalised
  approach through consultative process

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The Context

• Series of consultations
• Setting up of UCDS cell and preparation of
  Project Concept Document
• Community consultations and preparation of micro
  action plans
• Institutional strengthening and capacity building
  of agencies, communities and LPI

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The Context

• CDS Hyderabad is an outcome of above
  interventions
• Aims to set out guiding principles for future
  urban development investments within a
  comprehensive city development framework
• Aims to build convergence of various ongoing
  programmes and initiatives

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The Partnership

• Initiated and owned by MCH
• Financially and technically supported by UMP-UN
  HABITAT, Cities Alliance and WSP-SA
• ASCI is the LPI

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The Responsibility and Guidance

• Rested with the PSC
• PSC comprised-Partners, heads of service
  providing agencies, representatives of private
  and community sector
• Chaired by the Commissioner MCH
• Met from time to time to review and approve the
  progress and plan the next steps

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CDS Hyd. Objectives

• Preparing a Comprehensive Development Framework
• stakeholder analysis
• mapping of development initiatives
• background studies and concept papers

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CDS Hyd. Objectives

• Preparation of Strategic Action Plan and the City
  Assistance Programme through consultations
• Securing adoption by donor agencies
• Documentation and dissemination

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Key Activities

• Constitution of PSC-11 core members and nine
  special invitees
• Mapping of development initiatives
• Orientation programme for elected representatives
  of MCH
• Stakeholder analysis

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Key Activities

• Stakeholder consultation
• Preparation of background studies and concept
  papers leading to preparation of Comprehensive
  Development Framework
• City Consultation
• Constitution of working groups and working group
  meetings

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Key Activities

• Workshop for developing indicators
• Inter-working group workshop to share the working
  group reports
• CDS document preparation outlining Strategic
  Action Plan and City Assistance programme
• Final city consultation
• Round table consultation for implementation
• Donor consultation

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Key Stakeholders

• State government and city level planning and
  service providing agencies
• Line departments of the state government
• Private sector agencies including chambers of
  commerce and industry
• Non-governmental organisations and community
  based organisations

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• FOCUS AREAS

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Focus Areas of CDS

• Nine focus areas were identified and nine working
  groups were constituted for the focus areas to
  identify key challenges and formulate strategies
  and action plans.
• The SAP and CIP are prepared based on the working
  groups reports

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Nine Working Group Areas

• Governance
• Poverty Alleviation
• Economic Development
• Environment, Tourism and Culture
• Water and Sanitation
• Solid Waste Management
• Traffic and Transportation
• Health and Education
• Urban Finance

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• KEY CHALLENGES

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Governance

• Multiplicity of institutions and lack of inter
  institutional coordination- around 18
  institutions and more than 28 programmes
• Functional and spatial fragmentation of the
  metropolitan city-10 municipalities
• Lack of effective grievance redressal mechanisms
• Limited transparency and accountability

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Poverty Alleviation

• Providing security of tenure, housing and basic
  services
• Lack of understanding of magnitude of slums and
  data base
• Weak community institutions and structures
• Inadequate livelihood opportunities and
  employment
• Adhoc approaches to service delivery to the poor

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Economic Development

• Concerns about provision of infrastructure to
  mega projects-isolated islands?
• Haphazard and unplanned growth of city and
  surrounding areas-skewed spatial development
• Lack of appropriate policy support
• Decline of the old city
• Risk of exclusion of poor/strategies for informal
  sector
• Inadequate policy for relocation of industries

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Environment, Tourism and Culture

• Rapid and unsustainable growth of population and
  distortions in land use
• Increased air and noise pollution-automobile
  industry and weak enforcement
• Water and sanitation-inequitable, unsustainable
  and expensive approaches
• Decline or stagnation in green cover and open
  spaces
• Tourism at the cost of culture and
  heritage-decline in culture and heritage

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Water Supply and Sanitation

• Scarcity of sources-drying up of existing
  sources, weak catchment management
• Depletion of ground water-unregulated abstraction
  and contamination
• Non-revenue water-physical and commercial losses
• Limited coverage of sewerage-38-huge resources
  need
• Weak institutional and legislation mechanism
• Need to address the issues concerning the poor

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Solid Waste Management

• Lack of comprehensive data base-affecting route
  rationalization and optimization of
  transportation costs
• Challenges in compliance with solid waste
  rules-creation of awareness, source segregation
  and separation of bio-medical waste
• Ineffective strategies for processing of waste
• Problems in developing disposal sites
• Lack of community participation

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Traffic and Transportation

• Rapid growth of population and economic
  activities-skewed large volumes of traffic
• Rapid growth of private vehicles-ineffective mass
  transportation system
• Lack of integration of land use planning and
  transportation
• Traffic problems-delays, low speed, congestion,
  parking etc.
• Environmental problems-air and noise pollution

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Health and Education

• Lack of clear understanding and assessment of
  health status
• Increase in the incidence of infectious diseases
• Poor retention of students
• Mainstreaming and bridging
• Inadequate infrastructure health and education
• Multiple agencies-health and education
• Lack of MCH role in education

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Urban Finance

• High growth in finances and revenue surplus-
  unsustainable in nature
• Expenditure bubble is created
• Budgets for the past few years were overprojected
• Gradual erosion of favourable factors for tapping
  resources

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• STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN

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Hyderabad Vision

• HYDERABAD-AN INCLUSIVE CITIZEN CITY OF NATURE,
  CULTURE AND PROGRESS

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Governance

• Inclusive city-adopted in citizen charters,
  decision-making forums-voice for the poor
• Decentralization-ward level consultative
  committees
• High level task force with MCH as umbrella
  organization at the metropolitan level-address
  spatial and functional fragmentation-replicate
  best practices in municipalities
• E-governance for grievance redressal
• Strengthening citizen charters, MCH web site,
  report card system

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Poverty Alleviation

• Need for clear policy framework-governance, land,
  infrastructure and livelihoods
• Slum survey-comprehensive understanding
• Denotification policy for better targeting
• Strengthening institutions-UCDS as umbrella
  organisation-UHP as focal point-CBOs

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Poverty Alleviation

• Land and shelter-implementation of G.Os for
  regularization, slum redevelopment ground plus
  second floor units
• Livelihood and employment- based on understanding
  of local economy-resource centres
• Gender concerns, communication strategy,
  community challenge fund, resource generation
  etc.

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Economic Development

• Appropriate policy and institutional
  framework-benchmarking with best practices
• Relocation policy-based on the experiences of
  National Capital Region Planning Board
• Integrated metropolitan planning- a task force
• Infrastructure in mega projects and linking with
  city

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Economic Development

• Convergence and synchronisation approaches for
  promoting growth engines-tourism, hospitality,
  recreation, outsourcing etc.
• Policy and support systems for informal sector
• Old city regeneration-appropriate economic
  activities and infrastructure

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Environment, Tourism and Culture

• Restricting population growth and land
  use-shifting govt. offices, satellite towns,
  incentives for relocation
• Preventing air and noise pollution-city level
  transport policy, enforcement
• Improved water and sanitation-protecting and
  conserving water sources, preventing pollution of
  water bodies

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Environment, Tourism and Culture

• Increasing green cover and open spaces-set
  targets, mapping of infrastructure, awareness,
  partnerships
• Holistic approach to tourism, culture and
  heritage-comprehensive EIA for all projects,
  avoid trade-offs, enforce rules, involve
  stakeholders
• Framework for environmental risk
  assessment-develop and implement for all projects

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Water and Sanitation

• Micro-planning approach-planning and
  implementation of projects for the poor through
  participation and prioritization
• Conjunctive use of water resources-use based on
  holistic approach to all water sources
• Restructuring HMWSSB-more representative and
  accountable board, staff ratio, HRD and personnel
  policies

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Water and Sanitation

• Creation of Watershed Development Authority-with
  representatives from all stakeholders
• Private Sector Participation-study options and
  select the preferred option
• Decentralized planning-options for decentralized
  water treatment and distribution and collection,
  treatment and disposal of sewage may be studied

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Solid Waste Management

• A comprehensive GIS based study and map
• Greater involvement of DWACUA groups-training
• Study to assess resource mobilization potential
• separate cell and hotline facility to address
  grievance redressal

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Solid Waste Management

• Awareness campaign and strengthening partnerships
• Zero waste approach through processing and
  recycling-composting, waste to energy
• Development of cost effective sanitary landfill
  sites
• Training and capacity building of all
  stakeholders

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Traffic and Transportation

• Intersection geometry improvements-386
  junctions-substantial improvements with marginal
  investments-channelisers for directing traffic
  flows into specific channels
• Signal system optimization and area traffic
  control system-100 signalised intersections-integr
  ation with surrounding municipal areas
• Traffic signs and markings-need for
  standardisation
• Road widening link road development

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Traffic and Transportation

• Public transit system-rationalisation and
  optimisation, developing dedicated lanes-proper
  development of MRTS
• Structural Plan and transit oriented development
  lead role for transit policy in urban
  planning-balancing land use and transit
  infrastructure-25 year plan

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Traffic and Transportation

• Unified Administration-single agency for design,
  development and implementation-stakeholder
  participation and professional expertise
• Safety policy-policy document for promoting
  safety-safety audit-accountability of responsible
  agencies
• Environment policy strict enforcement of
  vehicular pollution levels-efficient vehicle
  technology and fuel policy
• Services for Poor-Efficient and affordable public
  transport linking jobs and residences

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Health and Education

• Developing database and information
  system-through survey and mapping exercise
• Government should not only be a service provider
  but also a regulator
• Encouraging private sector with social
  commitment-complementary roles for public and
  private sectors
• Water and sanitation-high priority areas good
  quality of basic services

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Health and Education

• Upgraded health infrastructure in government
  hospitals and UHPs
• Accessible and quality universal education
• A clear approach to retention-infrastructure
  provision-minimum learning guarantee
  index-monitoring and regulation

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Health and Education

• Mainstreaming and bridging- analysis of group
  profile and formulating strategy-private sector
  should have social commitment
• Inter institutional coordination-both health and
  education-and at the metropolitan level
• MCH should provide primary education

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Urban Finance

• Prudent and realistic financial management-in
  view of tapering of potential, increased OM etc.
• Financial information and database-assessments,
  demand, collections-GIS and MIS
• Revenue enhancement and expenditure
  control-rationale increase in tariffs,new
  sources,leakages plugging etc
• Innovations and best practices
• Budgeting and accounting reforms

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• CITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME

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Projects Not Requiring External Resources
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Projects Not Requiring External Resources
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Projects Not Requiring External Resources
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Projects Requiring External Resources
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Projects Requiring External Resources
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Projects Requiring External Resources
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Projects Requiring External Resources
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Projects Requiring External Resources
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Conclusions

• Institutional coordination and strengthening
• Metropolitan Approach
• Pro-poor focus-slum upgradation and livelihoods
• Emphasis on civil society, community and
  citizen/customer
• Old city regeneration

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Conclusions

• Water supply and sanitation
• Need for specific studies and surveys for
  developing data base and information
• Participatory planning and processes
• Communication policy
• Training and capacity building

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Key Lessons/Outcomes

• Wealth of analytical information
• Realization of the need for spatial and
  functional convergence
• Intense involvement of stakeholders
• High ownership by local government
• Consensus building and capacity building
• Preparation of SAP and CIP
• Framework for implementation of CDS