[Urbanstudy] Correction : Third CSH-CPR Urban Workshop / Tuesday 27th April

[Vinay Baindur]

FYI


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From: Marie-Helene ZERAH <marie-helene.zerah at ird.fr>
Date: Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 12:07 PM
Subject: Third CSH-CPR Urban Workshop / Tuesday 27th April

Dear All,

Please find the *revised* announcement for the 3rd CSH-CPR Urban Workshop
held on last Tuesday of every month.

Apologies for cross-posting,

Marie - Hélène Zérah and Partha Mukhopadhya



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*Reading “Mumbai’s Transformation Project” through the lens of
Infrastructure Reforms ***

Marie-Hélène Zérah

Researcher and Head, Urban Dynamics at Centre de Sciences Humaines

*3:45 pm    Tuesday, 27 April 2010 ***

at: Conference Hall, Centre for Policy Research, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi





The presentation is based on a paper written in the context of a research
program on “Governing Large Metropolises” conducted by the Chair on Cities
at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (IEP). The objective of the
research program is to understand how large city-regions are governed, by
focusing on the role of institutions in the management of large urban
technical networks. It draws on field work conducted between 2003 and 2008
on several aspects of urban amenities in Mumbai and is based on the analysis
of a number of sectors (primarily water, waste and sewage; partially on
environment, transport, housing and power), some selected urban projects
and, the new vision of the city: the “Vision Mumbai”. The paper tries to
answer a number of questions. It focuses on the new instruments of public
action and their outcomes and asks whether changes in governance of
technical networks are able to balance imperatives of economic performance
and extension of services to all. It also looks at how infrastructure
reforms form part of an urban regime and seeks to understand the unintended
consequences of public policy in terms of shifting power relationships in
the city. Finally, it assesses whether ongoing reforms contribute or
undermine the process of collective action at the metropolitan level.



*Marie – Hélène Zérah* is a Ph.D. in Urban Studies from the Paris Institute
of Urban Studies. She is currently a Research Fellow with the Institute of
Research for Development (Paris) and is deputed to the Centre de Sciences
Humaines of New Delhi. She previously worked with the Water and Sanitation
Program of the World Bank and with Ondeo (Suez Group). She has worked
extensively in the area of water supply and sanitation in Indian cities as
well as other urban infrastructure services. Her more recent research
interests concern the shifts in urban governance in India.
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