ABSTRACT

Urban investments in India over the past three decades have helped its cities advance in terms of improved infrastructure and better economic standards. However, the cities are simultaneously facing challenges of polarised and unequally distributed development benefits. This paper advances the inclusive cities’ agenda beyond the constructs of “pro-poor development” and develops a multidimensional evaluation and monitoring framework. Through the review and analysis of 20 smart cities in India, the paper presents the gaps and patterns of relationships within the critical factors of inclusion. The need to develop alternate development models that shall promote socio-economic transformation in smart cities in India is emphasised through this paper.

摘要

在过去的三十年里，印度的城市投资帮助其城市在改善基础设施和提高经济标准方面取得了进步。然而，这些城市同时面临着发展收益两极分化和分配不均的挑战。本文将包容性城市的议程推进到“有利于穷人的发展”的框架之外，并制定了一个多维评估和监测框架。通过对印度 20 个智慧城市的回顾和分析，本文提出了包容性关键因素中的差距和关系模式。本文强调了开发替代发展模式的必要性，以促进印度智慧城市的社会经济转型。