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Welcome to PULSE (Paradigm for Urban Landscaping of States as Eco-regions), India's road map for sustainable and inclusive development!
This is an engineer's design for a development model that can be adapted and tailored for the unique and diverse conditions in various Indian states/regions. It also proposes a suitable methodology for overcoming the adaptive challenges in their implementation. The model that incorporates the best features of existing development ideas will hopefully catalyze the emergence of appropriate, comprehensive, sustainable and inclusive development actions.
If what you may read first in the Summary of PULSE (Section 1 below) are of interest, you may delve deeper into the details of the proposal presented in the other sections.
Links to various sections of the presentation are provided at convenient locations.
Section 1 - Summary
A quick summary of all the details of the proposed model is presented. It explores questions like what provided the motivation, how the proposal evolved, what is 'Distributed Urbanization', how to engage the people in finding their own solution to the adaptive challenge of regional development, etc. Salient aspects of the proposal are highlighted and illustrated in the context of Tamil Nadu.
Section 2 - Introduction
Living conditions of migrant workers in mega-cities keep worsening due to the continual influx of new migrants. Mega-cities are of course great engineering achievements, but are they sustainable? Why should rural areas lack equitable development? What should future development initiatives focus on to achieve sustainable and inclusive growth for all people?
Section 3 - Evolution of the Proposal
Future of the developing world is urban. Only distributed urbanization can create equal economic opportunities all across regions/states, thus providing the right environment for sustainable and inclusive development. What are the results of previous research/studies and how could they be factored into the proposed model?
Section 4 - Description of PULSE
PULSE presents a holistic regional planning model for the development of the engineered public good, viz., 'green' public infrastructure. It is built around human settlements and the logistic network interlinking them to realize the full human potential of a region. How are these concepts structured as a practical development model?
Section 5 - Proposed Implementation Methodology
The development of the plan and its implementation are adaptive challenges for the people of India and should be undertaken and owned by them - a truly great democratic exercise in the largest democracy. How can this process be supported by appropriate capacity building and institutional strengthening?
Section 6 - Illustration in the context of Tamil Nadu
How can the philosophical framework of PULSE be tailored into a practical Regional Development Plan? How can the various elements of planning (environment, economy, society, politics, infrastructure, etc) be factored in? This is illustrated in the context of Tamil Nadu.
Section 7 - Conclusions
This study presents a case for 'Distributed Urbanization' across all areas of a state/region and a conceptual model for catalyzing sustainable and inclusive development. The concept is adaptable to other developing nations as well. The current generation owes such initiatives to the future generations.
Section 8 - Appendices
Two appendices briefly discuss some of the supporting/background information for the research. Appendix-A provides a review of previous research/studies and Appendix-B outlines past development initiatives.
Section 9 - References
A list of publications that have been referred to in this study.
