Darshini Mahadevia Faculty of Planning & Public Policy & Centre for Urban Equity CEPT University, Ahmedabad
Paper presented at the Workshop on Promoting Low Carbon Transport in India organized by UNEP RISO, IIMA, IITD and CEPT University
November 12, 2010 Sustainable Cities y An ‘Inclusive Approach” that is pegged on four pillars: (i) Environmental sustainability, (ii) Social equity, (iii) Economic growth and (iv) Political empowerment (of the disempowered). Vicious cycle of poverty
Squat in the city
Walk to work
Reduced work options Transport & Urban Poor ‐ Metros y Land market dynamics (speculative land market) have led to urban sprawl. y Thus, the cost of travel, especially for the poor, has increased considerably (NUTP, 2006). y Long distances to commute dissuades people from using cheaper non‐motorized modes like cycling and walking. y Increase in private vehicles on one hand and lack of infrastructure has made non‐motorized mode of transport risky. y Thus, poor’s access to livelihood have become far more difficult. y In particular, women from the low income settlements find it difficult to access work y Spaces for vending are vanishing on account of public transit systems as well besides competing demands of private vehicular traffic and parking Environmental sustainability vs social sustainability y Green Agendas have Conflicted with Habitat Agenda –BEAG PILs, middle class environmentalism vs Right to Shelter y Example of BRTS, Ahmedabad – 2000 vendors displaced y 72.2 per cent urban workers in all India (NSSO 2007), many of these are working on the street y Formal vs informal transport modes Consumption Expenditure change
1993‐94 2004‐05 Item Bottom 50% Top 50% Bottom 50% Top 50% Real GR (%) Conveyance 2.0 5.6 3.3 7.6 5.3 Rent 2.3 4.8 3.0 6.6 3.0 Consumer tax & cess 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.9 6.1 Educational expenses 2.1 5.0 2.8 5.8 3.2 Medical 3.5 5.0 3.9 5.6 1.5 Food 67.0 50.1 56.8 37.8 ‐0.8 Non‐food 33.0 49.9 43.2 62.2 3.2 Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 0.7 Gender dimension y Multiple roles –social reproduction + economic production y Link between the two sectors is very close y Seek proximity in location –mixed land use and heterogenous neighbourhoods y Urban planning paradigm is masculine, segregating place of production from place of reproduction y Women from low income households drop out of labour market in case of displacement y Downward spiral of poverty y Culture deters women’s freedom to use some certain non‐ motorized modes y Lack of affordability forces women to trade money with time Definitions of Poverty y Income poverty y Expenditure poverty y Lack of capabilities and functionings y Multidimensional deprivations y Time Poverty y Energy Poverty Poverty and transport linkages Poverty Definition Linkage with transport Income poverty Lack of accessibility exacerbates income poverty Expenditure poverty Transport expenditure crowding out other expenditure Lack of capabilities Lack of accessibility to social services deterrent in improving capabilities Lack of functionings On account of lack of accessibility to employment opportunities, health care, education, etc. Multidimensional Often caused by lack of accessibility deprivations Time poverty Caused by inappropriate transport paradigm, which emphasizes mobility but not accessibility &causes fatigue and unfavourable time allocation Energy poverty Caused by substituting unaffordable transport options by walking (long distances) Inclusive transport parameters y Accessible to all for all activities –age groups and income groups differentiated by gender y Affordable y Efficient time‐use y Safe y Environmentally sustainable Inclusive transport contingent upon y Land use planning, density and urban structure y Land policies and regulations y Shelter policies (e.g. Rajiv Awaas Yojana proposes 85% slums to be in‐situ development minimising dislocations) y Employment situation and policies y Most important on macroeconomic development paradigm Conversely Inclusive transport policies and options should feed into: yLand use policies yUrban form policies including densities yUrban design yShelter policies yUrban land policies yInfrastructure decisions Urban Poor settlements and BRTS Ahmedabad –Location of Slums and chawls
Naroda village
Sola RoB RTO Naroda
AEC Iscon circle Memnagar Thakkarbapanagar
Bopal Nehrunagar Kalupur Rly. Soni ni chaali Stn. Maninagar Rly. stn,. ShivranjaniShreyas RoB
CTM Jashodanagar Ghodasar Vatva BRT corridor
Narol Public lands available for housing the poor ‐ Ahmedabad SITES
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