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Urban Development Management, Governance & Finance - Syllabus - Manish Jain - 08-13-2020

Urban Development Management, Governance & Finance

Introduction to Development Management
Definition, objectives and scope of management; Role of management in developing economy; Decision making process and corporate activity in urban development; Application of management techniques in urban planning and development.

Land Economics and Real Estate Development, Urban Redevelopment
Economic concepts of land, land pricing/ valuation; economic principles of land use; demand forecasting for land use: factors affecting land supply and demand; land development methods, supply management, Demand side management; real estate markets, type of property development and its impact on supply and demand, method of development, environmental considerations. Strategies and evaluation of redevelopment; role of public sector agencies in redevelopment; Area based redevelopment Initiatives; Property led redevelopment policies; Investment and Funding of Urban Redevelopment Schemes; Role of private sector; Development Potential and Pricing; Plot reconstitution; Renewal through Housing and Mixed Use Development; Community Participation

Urban Governance, Institutions and Organizations
Urban Governance- Definition, concepts and components; hierarchy and structure, form of governance; Institutional and organizational framework, existing institutional and organizational setting for urban management in India; distribution of responsibilities ; special purpose vehicles (SPV’s) in the urban sector ; significance of organizational framework; Difference between institutions and organizations;

Urban Local Governance and its Reforms
Urban local governance- type, organization, power , functions, resource, state supervision control and their working; improvement trust- organizations, scope of their powers and functions and their working; City development authorities: organizations, scope of their power and functions, resources, and their working; administrative reforms in local governance; Organizational Restructuring of Local Governments; capacity building; NGO’s

Participatory Process in Urban Governance
Stakeholder participation- roles and responsibilities, access to governments; Citizen Participation in urban development and management; Inter-organizational relations and coordination at local level; role of digital engagement and social media


Development Finance

Overview of Development Finance
Development Finance- approaches, concepts, components, process, credits rating; Role of Improvement Trusts, Development Authorities, SEZs and Special Purpose Vehicles(SPV) in Urban finance Management.

State and Municipal Finance
Central Finance Commission (CFC) and State Finance Commission (SFC)- Constitution, Powers and Functions; Consolidated Fund (Central and State); Centrally Sponsored Schemes; Municipal Finance- Categorization of Municipal Sources of Revenue, Internal Vs. External Revenue, Capital Vs. Revenue Receipt; Municipal Finance Assessment Framework; Reforms in Municipal Finance- Unit Area Method in Property Tax Calculation, Rationalization of User Charges; Streamlining Municipal Tax Administration 

Investment Planning and Appraisal
Investment Planning- Process, components and investment needs; budgeting, finance investments in infrastructure and services; Manpower planning- performance appraisal, motivational aspects; Integrated reporting system, works standard oriented cost control, turnkey system, inventory cost control technique, unified status index technique.

Public Private Partnership (PPP) 
Concept , need, preconditions for Partnerships; Advantages of Collaboration, Methods of Promoting Participation, Regulations and Administrative Procedures; Role of Government as Partner, Regulator and Enforcer; Principles of PPP- Contractual Framework, Selection of Service Provider, Payment Mechanism,
Monitoring and Evaluation, Risk and Revenue Sharing; Regulatory Authority for PPP; Model Contract
Agreement.

Innovative Methods of Financing Urban Development
Monetary Exaction- Betterment Levy, Impact Fee, External Development Charges and Vacant Land Development Tax; Land Exactions- TDR, Town Planning Scheme , Monetisation of Underutilised Public Assets; Valorisation Charges; External Finance- Debt Financing, PPP, Financial Intermediaries, Municipal Bond, Pooled Finance.

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