Multi-Level Measuring. Monitoring and Reporting an Urban Development in India.

Abstract

India looks back on a long-standing series of official data on urban development, though mainly focusing on hard infrastructure and only gradually incorporating the soft one. A new series in Census data, particularly on the economic base of cities and towns, would be needed for proper evidence-based policies. The governmental research cooperation between BBSR and the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) in that respect helps to better understand urban development in a transcultural way.