India Urban Portal: Megacities of India

The World's Ten Largest Cities In 1900

Rank
Urban Area

Population

1

London

6.5 million

2

New York

4.2 million

3

Paris

3.3 million

4

Berlin

2.7 million

5

Chicago

1.7 million

6

Vienna

1.7 million

7

Tokyo

1.5 million

8

St. Petersburg

1.4 million

9

Manchester

1.4 million

10

Philadelphia

1.4 million

Source: Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census by Tertius Chandler.

By The Numbers: Mega Cities of the Future

Mega Cities (Group A) constituting of 9 JNNURM Cities under PEARL is the network for large cities. Mega Cities Association is an association of 4 million plus population formed by the Municipal Corporation of 9 Mega Cities Group. All the mega cities have already initiated various reforms in sectors ranging from property tax, basic services for the poor, levying user charges, e-governance, etc. A variety of innovative initiatives are also coming up. The main objective of this page is to create a platform for knowledge sharing and peer learning in various urban infrastructure sectors and urban governance-taking place in these important cities of India.

Urban Management Centre (UMC) is a not-for-profit organization which, in collaboration with International City/County Management Association (ICMA), works towards professionalizing urban management in India. UMC provides technical assistance and support to the Indian state local government associations and implements programs that work towards improvement in cities by partnering with city governments.

UMC provided technical assistance to the formation of the Mega Cities Association. India's seven mega cities have become members of this association which is a platform for managers of mega cities to discuss and find solutions to issues of local governance, institutionalized cooperation and national policy. The Mega Cities Association is a membership-based association for city managers of Mega Cities in India to interact, exchange information, advocate urban issues and coordinate their efforts to achieve common goals

Website: http://umcasia.org/site/

Vision -To bring the City Managers of Mega Cities on a single platform to have a meaningful and result oriented discussion on current urban issues and governance and bring policy level changes towards achieving a world class city

Objective- To create a network among JNNURM cities for cross learning and knowledge sharing on urban reforms and city governance so that objectives of the mission are successfully achieved to make cities more livable, economically vibrant and environmentally sustainable

Mega Cities Association (MCA) is a national platform, which has been formed to promote knowledge sharing, learning and dissemination of information on various issues of urban governance, urban reforms, urban challenges and policy advocacy towards making the Cites financially and environmentally sustainable. The main objective of MCA is to facilitate dialogue through platforms like workshops, discussion forums, debate forums and disseminate information through printed and electronic media. The association was formed in the year 2007 with support from ICMA/UMC and USAID. MCA was formally registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860 and is governed by its Executive Committee. Municipal Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai is the ex-officio President of the Association. Currently, seven mega cities viz. Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai are the core members. At present the MCA secretariat office is located within Kolkata Municipal Corporation with appointment of two programme officers and one nominated executive director for coordination & networking among seven mega cities on building a consensus for operationalising the association.

The Association has already completed a successful journey of two years. It has organised workshops on various issues including Land Monetisation, Solid Waste Management, and Property Tax etc. It has documented best practices on various challenging urban issues from physical infrastructure to financial and functional reforms of the Mega Cities. Following are the key activities carried out by MCA-