Amitabh Kant says: "Show us the blueprint: For our cities to deliver growth and jobs, we need to deliver good systems for our cities".

Ruchir Sharma writes that India has a big problem, and it’s got to do with small cities.

Skewed projections of non-rural populations have affected economic planning.

The story of the coming urban explosion is one of the rise of medium-sized cities. But the world’s planners and authorities have yet to accept this fact.

Guardian Cities poignantly documents the transformation of the Pearl River Delta, the world's largest continuous urban region, from 1979 to now. 

System and policy discourse on drought management focus on consequences rather than causatives.

Pritika Hingorani and Komal Hiranandani write in Swarajya: "The way we choose to finance and structure the Smart Cities initiative has direct implications for governance and who holds power in our cities....

Watch Ashwin Mahesh, National Vice President of Loksatta Party, discuss urbanisation, governance, and innovative solutions.

IDFC Institute's Vaidehi Tandel and Komal Hiranandani write for the World Bank's "Jobs and Development" blog

Beyond the maximum: cities may be booming, but who's invited to the party?