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The politics of sustainable cities: the case of Bengare, Mangalore in coastal India

Gururaja Budhya

Technology Informatics Design Endeavour (TIDE), tide{at}vsnl.com

Solomon Benjamin

TIDE, tide{at}vsnl.com

This paper describes a local-national conflict over a power generation scheme in Mangalore (India) in order to highlight two important issues. The first is that the planning of large projects by national and state governments in India often bypasses local government and, as such, avoids accountability to local populations. The second is that the politics of sustainable cities is in the institutional domain; in this instance, the conflict was between what was perceived locally as being sustainable as opposed to external interests that sought to exploit resources in response to larger markets. The paper describes the political organizations in a fishing settlement (Bengare) that falls within the boundaries of the city of Mangalore and how they worked with elected city corporation representatives to halt a scheme for barge-mounted power generation. It also describes how the city government of Mangalore has become more committed to participation.

Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 12, No. 2, 27-36 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/095624780001200203
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