Political Geography: South Asia / Topic: Urban

Author:: Radhika Khosla
Publication Date:: 12-2016
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Centre for Policy Research, India
Abstract:: India is undergoing structural urban and economic transitions and has set ambitious policy targets to meet its rising energy needs for development. Expanding coal and renewables are two important pillars of this undertaking and, since 2008, climate protection is of increasing concern. India’s international engagements reflect these motivations of both energy security and climate change, where India is increasingly engaging in transfer of clean and efficient energy technologies to developing countries like itself.
Topic:: Climate Change, Development, Energy Policy, Economic growth, and Urban
Political Geography:: South Asia, India, and Asia

Author:: Anjali Chikersal and Aditya Bhol
Publication Date:: 01-2016
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Centre for Policy Research, India
Abstract:: Since the launch of the Swachh Bharat Mission in October 2014, sanitation issues in India are receiving immense attention from policymakers, media and civil society alike. The sector however received enormous funds even before this scheme with little positive results. This paper argues that the translation of the current hype into the right policies and practical schemes for amelioration of the poor conditions depends upon a complete rethinking of the entire approach to the issue. Brazil has gone through a series of transformations in the sector that provide a useful lens to India to examine the issue with. It will need similar radical changes, starting from recognition of sanitation as a basic human right to effective regulation, for India to begin to address this massive challenge.
Topic:: Human Rights, Infrastructure, Regulation, Social Policy, Urban, and Sanitation
Political Geography:: South Asia, India, Brazil, and South America

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