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PRESENTATIONS 1
SELECTED DYNAMIC CITY-REGIONS IN INDIA
Abstract
These presentations review the available Internet information on dynamic city regions in India. The
presentations are not discussing in details all aspects of Indian industrial development, they rather concentrate
on picking the main points that has direct effect to the growth reached by each selected City and its related
region. Each presentation is a product of an Internet research that conducted to answer the 2 following
questions:
1. Why the selected city is a dynamic city-region?
2. How did the selected city reached its present growth?
Introduction
The dynamism of a city region has a two-direction-effect on the local urban areas. Therefore, issues relating
to the governance of urban areas and regions have become of increasing interest to the industrial development
specialists, academics and policy analysts. Although there is no broadly accepted definition of the city region
concept, the city region has been defined as: 2
“A strategic and political level of administration and policy making, extending beyond the administrative
boundaries of single urban local government authorities to include urban and/or semi urban hinterlands. This
definition includes a range of institutions and agencies representing local and regional governance that possess
an interest in urban and/or economic development matters that, together, form a strategic level of policy
making intended to formulate or implement policies on a broader metropolitan scale”. (Tewdwr-Jones,
McNeill, 2000)
A city-region is also defined, in a simple way, as the city and the surrounding suburbs that constitutes a
coherent region as defined by the local authorities. 3 City-region is a geographic region that is known by the
name of the city that is its center of economic development influence.
To understand what is a city-region, and to tackle the issues related to the concept of city region, we need to
draw together all current thinking on sustainable resource management, public services, economic
restructuring, urban regeneration, social policy and integrated governance. With this understanding the
presentations are based on selected measures as will be described later on each presentation.
Why selected city-regions from India
India is the seventh largest and second most populous country in the world. India also ranks as the third
largest producer of Natural Rubber and 4 th largest manufacturer of rubber goods in the world. India’s
economic reform programme resulted in strong economic growth throughout the 1990s. With 4 17% of the
world’s people, India accounts for less than 2% of global GDP and 1% of world trade. To take the most
obvious comparison, China last year saw an increase in its two-way trade with the world of roughly double
India’s total trade.
The following points characterize the India Central Policy, which boost the growth of the country and has
direct effect to the development and implementation of the individual state policies:
1. Firmly rooted political consensus that spans the diverse political parties.
http://www.meadev.nic.in/economy/bus-ind-p/intro.htm
2. Democracy and stability.
3. No fundamental conflict between political and economic systems.
4. Strong collective and individual rights with an environment supporting free economic enterprise.
5. Institutions that offer foreign investors a transparent environment that guarantees the security of their
long-term investments.
6. Dynamic and highly competitive private sector has long been the backbone of the economic activity. It
accounts for over 75% of its GDP and offers considerable scope for joint ventures and collaborations.
7. Skilled managerial and technical manpower and a middle class that provide a distinct cutting edge in
global competition.
1 This is draft 1 document. Further work is needed to finalize this draft:
- Using consultancy resources or UNIDO missions to acquire more related data.
- Validation of information sourced from the Internet.
- Official editing.
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http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S1/whats_happening/research/pdf_res_brief/sb02-123.pdf
3 http://www.copcap.com/composite-2210.htm
4 The Economist, February 21 st 2004
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