[Reader-list] [Announcements] [mumbai_announcements] IDPAD Workshop: Saturday, 2nd April, Rachana Sansad

[CFDA ISS]

Workshop on
“Inclusive Mega Cities in India? – The Learnings From Mumbai


You are cordially invited to participate in the following workshop and contribute to the discussions.

Date: Saturday April 2nd 2005
Venue: Venue: Artists Gallery, First Floor, Rachana Sansad, 278 Shanker Ghanekar Marg, Prabhadevi, Mumbai, 400025.

A one day workshop will be held on April 2, 2005 as a part of an ongoing research project titled “Inclusive Mega Cities in Asia in a Globalising World”, between Centre for Development Alternatives (CFDA), Ahmedabad  and Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague. This is a four city study (Mumbai, Bangalore and Ahmedabad in India and Dhaka in Bangladesh) in South Asia. The study is focusing on employment, land and housing markets and basic services access of the urban poor. The key research question is: how can the globalizing mega-cities be pro-poor and improve quality of life of all their citizens?


Schedule

Session 1 (10.00 – 10.45)		

1. Welcome & Introduction to Workshop	
   Darshini Mahadevia	10.00 – 10.15
2. Key Note Address	
   Prof. Amitabh Kundu	10.15 – 10.45

   Tea Break		10.45 – 11.00

Session 2 (11.00 – 13.00) 

1. Mega City Development Trends
   Changes in Employment and Policy Thrust in Mega Cities in India	
   Darshini Mahadevia
   (11.00 – 11.20)

2. Transformation of Mega Cities in Asia	
   Dr. Tapati Mukhopadhyay	(11.20 – 11.40)

3. Land and Politics in Bangalore	
   Dr. Solomon Benjamin	(11.40 – 12.00)

4. Transformations in Delhi & Mumbai	
   Harini Narayanan
   (12.00 – 12.20)

5. Equity Issues in Chinese Cities	
   Darshini Mahadevia	(12.20 – 12.40) 

   Discussion		(12.40 – 13.00)

Lunch		13.00 – 14.00

Session 3 (14.00 – 18.00) 

Studies on Mumbai

1. Mumbai as World Class City	Bombay First	(14.00 – 14.20)

2. Inclusive Planning Process	Shirsh Patel	(14.20 – 14.40)

3. Property Rights and Planning	Mr. Phatak	(14.40 – 15.00)

4. Urban Exclusion through Functioning of Civil Society Organisations	   Debolina Kundu	(15.00 – 15.20)

Discussion		15.20 – 15.40

Tea Break		15.40 – 16.00

5. Evaluation of SRS	
   Dr. Anita Bhide	(16.00 – 16.20)

6. Location of SRS Schemes	
   Shubhankar Mitra	(16.20 – 16.30)

7. Mill Lands Development	
   Neera Adarkar	(16.30 – 16.50)

8. Revisiting Mill Lands Development	
   Darryl D’Monte	(16.50 – 17.10)

9. Summary of Asiatic Society Workshop	
   Pankaj Joshi	(17.10 – 17.30)

Discussion		15.30 – 15.55
Conclusions		15.55 – 18.00

Organised by
Dr. Darshini Mahadevia for IDPAD Project (for Centre of Development Alternatives, Ahmedabad and Institute of Social Studies, The Hague)
Rahul Srivastav for PUKAR
Arvind Adarkar for Mumbai Study Group
Naresh Fernandes for Time-Out



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