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THEME PAPER

INCLUSIVE URBAN PLANNING AND

DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EARMARKING OF

LAND AND HOUSING FOR THE URBAN POOR

PROF. RAMAKRISHNA Inclusive urban planning & activities in cities and the
development is becoming the order
creation of livelihoods therein.
NALLATHIGA of the day given the vast urban Structural changes such as
population already living in shift from manufacturing to
slums as larger number of people services in large cities has
are moving to cities in search also led to the loss of jobs
of livelihoods. Preparedness in industry and gain of the
towards accommodating such same in services (D’Monte).
large low-income immigrant Migration of population,
population would require an important phenomenon
enabling policy that provides associated with urbanization,
“Earmarking of land and urban space for such population is not only confined to the
housing in urban areas is and its implementation needs population with skillset
considered as an inclusive to be attempted at all levels of (which is primarily urban-
approach towards urban government. The current paper urban migrant population)
poor by providing for living reviews such attempts towards it but also unskilled or semi-
- both International and Indian
which
skilled
population
spaces to them. Earmarking experiences (States and Cities); it is primarily rural-urban
of land/ housing is required then suggests the requirements of population). Development
to counter the fact that land such action. The implementation processes of cities tend to be
and housing markets do not process of earmarking land/ exclusive in their approach in
take care of the people at ‘the housing for urban poor is also terms of planning for housing
bottom of pyramid’.” discussed. and built spaces for such
migrants and low-income
INTRODUCTION population. It becomes,

India has been experiencing a therefore, imperative for
steady rise of urban population cities to make efforts to create
for last few decades, though living spaces in order to meet
not at the pace and level the requirements of these
Key words: Housing Policy, Urban of some other developed segments of population, who
Poor, Planning Approach, NBC, and developing countries, play an important role in the
JNNURM. which accommodate more city economy. This approach
and more people into cities is also sometimes called as
Prof. Ramakrishna Nallathiga (Kundu 2006). The process ‘inclusive development’ or
(ramanallathiga@yahoo.co.uk) is of urbanization is primarily ‘inclusive planning’ so that
Associate Professor, National Institute geared up towards the the people, whose built space
of Construction Management and requirements are hitherto not
Research, Pune. concentration of economic

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