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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Urbanization in India Issues and Concerns Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Syllabus for Urbanization in India Issues and Concerns

Major elective · Sociology · Semester 6 · TY BA · 4 credits · 100 marks · 60 hours

Module 1: History of Urbanization in India

  • a The Colonial Period
  • b The Post-independence period
  • c Recent trends of Urbanization in India.

Module 2: Sustainable Development Goals and Cities

  • a Meaning of SDGs, Relation between SDGs and the Cities, Relevance of SDGs
  • b Majhe Ghar, Majha Adhikar: Maharashtra Housing Policy 2025 through Slum Cluster Redevelopment Scheme
  • c Urban Challenges and Sustainable Solutions

Module 3: IT Parks in the Indian Urban Landscape

  • a Technourbs as New industrial complexes, representatives of suburban and peri-urban geo-type.
  • b IT Parks of India- HITECH City (Teleangana), Techno Park (Kerala)
  • c The International Technology Park and Electronic city of Banglore

Module 4: Urban Governance and Planning in India

  • a Structure of Urban Local Bodies
  • b Urban Policies and Planning Mechanisms
  • c Challenges in Urban Governance

Reference Books

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  • Banerjee-Guha, S. (Ed.). (2010). Accumulation by Dispossession: Transformative Cities in the New Global Order. Sage.
  • Baud, I., & de Wit, J. (2008). New Forms of Urban Governance in India. Sage.
  • Birch, E. L., et al. (2011). Global Urbanization: The City in the 21st Century. University of Pennsylvania Press.
  • Brugmann, J. (2009). Welcome to the Urban Revolution. Bloomsbury.
  • Davis, M. (2006). Planet of slums. Verso.
  • Desai, A. R., & Pillai, S. D. (n.d.). Slums and Urbanization. Popular Prakashan.
  • Farr, D. (2007). Sustainable urbanism: Urban design with nature. John Wiley & Sons.
  • Gehl, J. (2010). Cities for people. Island Press.
  • Gupta, R. C. (2006). Environmental and infrastructural sustainability: Major challenges facing Indian metropolitan cities. In R. B. Singh (Ed.), Sustainable urban development. Concept Publishing Company.
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  • Jain, A. K. (2008). A Sustainable Vision for Urban India. Kalpaz.
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  • Narain, V., et al. (2013). Peri-urbanization in India: A review of literature and evidence. SaciWATERs. NITI Aayog. (2021). Urban planning capacity in India report.
  • Nel Lo, O., &Mele, R. (Eds.). (2016). Cities in the 21st Century. Routledge.
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  • Patel, S., & Deb, K. (2009). Urban Studies. Oxford University Press.
  • Raghunandan, T. R. (2012). Decentralization and local governance in India. Orient Blackswan.
  • Ramachandran, R. (1994). Urbanization and Urban Systems in India. Oxford University Press.
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  • Sahoo, D. (2020). Urbanization in India During the British Period (1857–1947). Routledge.
  • Sandhu, R. S. (1993). Urbanization in India: Sociological Contributions. Sage. Second Administrative Reforms Commission. (2008). Local governance report. Government of India. UN-Habitat. (2020). World cities report 2020: The value of sustainable urbanization. United Nations Human Settlements Programme. United Nations Development Programme. (2019). Governance for sustainable cities. UNDP.
  • Varshney, A. (2002). Ethnic Conflict and Civic Life: Hindus and Muslims in India. Oxford University Press.
  • Wilson, W. J. (1987). The truly disadvantaged: The inner city, the underclass, and public policy. University of Chicago Press. World Bank. (2016). Urban development in India: Policy priorities.
  • Zukin, S. (1995). The Cultures of Cities. Blackwell. Government of Maharashtra, Housing Department. (2025). Majhe Ghar, Majha Adhikar: Maharashtra Housing Policy 2025. Government of Maharashtra. Government of India. (1992). The Constitution (Seventy-Fourth Amendment) Act, 1992. Government of India Slum Rehabilitation Authority. (2025). Government resolution on implementation of slum cluster redevelopment schemes in Greater Mumbai. Government of Maharashtra. National Institute of Urban Affairs. Urban governance in India. National Institute of Urban Affairs. EPW/Journals:
  • Bhan, G., & Jana, A. (2018). Reading spatial inequality in Indian cities. Economic and Political Weekly, 53(22), 49–56.
  • Gupta, K., Roy, A., & Luthra, K. (2020). Urban sanitation and waste management challenges in India. Journal of Environmental Management, 255, 109889.
  • Pojani, D., & Stead, D. (2019). Sustainable urban transport in developing cities. Transport Reviews, 39(6), 727–746.
  • Kundu, A., & Samanta, D. (2021). Inequality, informality and urban poverty in India. Economic and Political Weekly, 56(45), 44–52. Webliography: Research Gate. Urbanization process: Trend, pattern and its consequences in India. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279310884 Local2030. A short guide to human settlements indicators (Goal 11). Retrieved from https://www.local2030.org/library/296 Local2030. Cities and the Sustainable Development Goals briefing sheet. Retrieved from https://www.local2030.org/library/232 Local2030. Importance of all SDGs for cities and communities. Retrieved from https://www.local2030.org/library/234
  • AIGGPA. (n.d.). Study of leading IT parks in India. Retrieved from http://aiggpa.mp.gov.in
  • InsightsIAS. (2013). Urban environmental challenges. Retrieved from https://www.insightsonindia.com The Indian Express. (2025, October 12). Low-cost houses, slum rehabilitation: Maharashtra approves housing policy with eye on Housing for All by 2030. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/low-cost-houses-slum-rehabilitation- maharashtra-2030-10018012/ The Times of India. (2025, October 9). Maharashtra cabinet approves slum cluster redevelopment scheme for Mumbai; SRA to be nodal body. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/maharashtra-cabinet-approves-slum- cluster-redevelopment-scheme-for-mumbai-sra-to-be-the-nodal- body/articleshow/124365702.cms
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