The Urban Development Policy, Karnataka has been developed, by the Department of Urban Development (Government of Karnataka), as a response to the challenges that are being faced by the state due to rapid urbanisation leading to:
- An increase in population in urban areas due to migration
- Increase in the number of poor residents in urban areas
- Infrastructural shortfall on several fronts
- Shortage of resources
- The challenge of ensuring the basic welfare of the poor in urban areas
- The increasing need for strengthening governance, planning and administration
The policy has seven key components in its framework
- A strategy for urban development
- A new approach to urban planning
- Reducing and eliminating poverty
- Provision of urban infrastructure services
- Ensuring environmental sustainability of urban areas
- Democratic urban governance
- Mobilisation of adequate financial resources
The policy document describes the challenges faced by the state due to urbanisation in detail and highlights the agenda for action.
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