9. Urban Development Policies in Metropolitan Regions

Final policy target on the subject aims at decentralization of metropolitan growth (particularly in Greater Mumbai and Bengaluru city), control of megacities population growth and further, future planned population allocation to the satellite towns and fringe areas for planned and equitable development of entire Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and Bangalore Metropolitan Region (BMR). Suggested recommendations for future directions of development of MMR and BMR are forwarded depending upon policies like urban growth policies, liberalization of economic growth policies, industrial policies, etc. Those policies are depending on the extent of pragmatic roles that the satellite towns can play in megacity regions. It calls for an integrated approach that would facilitate not only increased investments but also an appropriate policy set focused on land use and the region’s economy for the future market potentials of megacity regions. Both short and long term strategies and actions for MMR and BMR are proposed and finally suggest the necessary policy shift towards converting BMR and MMR into Smart and intelligent regions.