Acquiring, Planning, and Servicing Land for Urbanization in India

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Rapidly urbanising Indian cities need mechanisms to ensure that land is acquired, planned, and serviced with adequate infrastructure and social amenities, to prevent the occurrence of haphazard urban expansion and underprovisioned inner-city areas. Such mechanisms should also help government agencies recover their costs through land value capture.

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Madhav Pai

Executive Director

WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Rejeet Mathews

Head of Urban Development

WRI India

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