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Urban Multiplicities
A recent two-day international workshop on the "Governance of Megacity Regions in India" in Mumbai revealed the multiple conceptions and contestations that drive metropolitan growth in India and around the world. Though cities globally face similar competitive pressures in an era of footloose capital flows, there were few readymade models of metropolitan governance on offer. Instead the international experience suggests that democratic processes matter as much as getting institutions right. Although questions of sustainability and resilience remained an intriguing but underexplored theme in the workshop, the increasing urgency of environmental governance agendas for India's megacity regions emerged as a key area for future research and policy.
The author would like to thank the organisers of the Confederation of Indian Industries and Centre for Policy Research International Workshop on the Governance of Megacity Regions in India. Thanks are also due to the Centre for Policy Research rapporteur team for detailed minutes of the fi rst day’s proceedings and to Anant Maringanti for his insights and helpful comments on earlier drafts.
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