| Author | Gopalakrishnan, Aruna |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.UE-97-01 |
| Subject(s) | Urban ecology--India--Tiruppur
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Urbanization and industrialization has accelerated worldwide and various envirorunental
problems have emerged. The Brown Agenda lists the most critical envirorunental
problems as lack of water supply, inadequate waste management, inadequate pollution
control, landuse problems and the interrelationships between them. The old forms of
urban management and industrial regulation were inadequate to mitigate local
envirorunental problems. There is growing realization that sustainable development
should focus attention at the local level. Agenda 21 reveals that the majority of actions
needed to achieve sustainable development must be taken at the local level and one of its
major recommendations is that each local authority should develop a program and an
action plan along the lines of Local Agenda 21. In response to these initiatives an Urban
Envirorunental Management Plan at the municipal level will meet the requirements of
attaining sustainable development.
Tiruppur, a special grade Municipality in Tamilnadu State, India is a booming and
rapidly growing town with strong economic base due to the concentration of textile and
knit wear industries. The study revealed Tiruppur, like any other town facing rapid
urbanization and industrialization is host to a number of envirorunental problems from
both domestic as well as industrial sectors. No cohesive integrated approach to solve the
envirorunental problems has been attempted by the municipal authority and other related
institutions. However, initiatives have started to facilitate formulation of urban
envirorunental management plans at local level with recent amendments to the
constitution. The 74th Amendment to the constitution assigns environmental protection at
the local level to the local authorities with active citizen participation. In addition, the
Envirorunental Action Program of India focuses on envirorunental policies pertaining to
envirorunental management by the local bodies.
It is against this background that the feasibility of an UEMP for Tiruppur has been
explored as the theme for this study. As a part of the study, the existing envirorunental
situation due to infrastructure deficiencies were analyzed based on the norms adopted by
the state goverrunent. New projects have been proposed to meet the gaps. The study also
discusses in detail the existing initiatives with regards to private sector participation for
the Water Supply and Sewerage Project. In addition, the study explores and identifies key
potential components, which contribute to the framing of an UEMP and an action plan.
Two critical components of the Urban Envirorunental Management Plan that have been
analyzed are the envirorunental policy that envisages protection of envirorunent and the
legal framework, which facilitates the same.
It describes the systematic steps to be followed in the formulation of an UEMP and
attempts to detail out the responsibilities of the various institutions and agencies
involved. |
| Year | 1998 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Urban Environmental and Management (UE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Lefebvre, Bernard;Zimmermann, Willi; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Morishita, Hideharu ; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Asian Institute of Technologhy Partial Scholarship;
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA);Canadian Universities Consortium (CUC) ; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1998 |