Water service provision in rapidly urbanising villages: a comparison of rural and urban governance in Mumbai and Chennai regions in India
Abstract
Through a comparison of water services in urbanising villages under rural governance and towns under urban governance, this study demonstrates that a shift to urban administrative status alone is insufficient to deliver improved water services.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Water Governance and Infrastructure
Social and Economic Development in India
Urban and Rural Development Challenges
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Environmental Science Water Research & Technology
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1135–1153
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN