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Housing policy formulation should be informed by a careful understanding of the behaviour of the urban housing market, as reflected by housing demand behaviour. Such basic information is important, not only for improved project design but also for the development of better sector-wide policies. The overall analysis in this paper stresses the importance of prices and income on the demand for housing in Mumbai metropolitan region. Estimates of housing demand function are given. In our analysis, we account for rent control in Mumbai which distorts rents. The results indicate that housing demand is elastic with respect to income and price. The income and price elasticities are around 1 and -1 respectively. We also estimate income and price elasticities for different income classes. The paper concludes with policy prescriptions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the demand for housing in the Bombay Metropolitan Region, India. Estimation for housing demand in Bombay; Who conducted the data of Bombay household survey for the Bombay Metropolitan Regional Development Authority; How it was conducted; Results of the survey.

resents an economic evaluation of a landfill system with gas recovery for municipal solid waste management. Increase in per capita solid waste generation during a period of rapid industrialization and urbanization; Threats posed by the transport and disposal of municipal solid waste to various components of the environment and also to public health; Merits and demerits of various technological aspects of solid waste management; Consideration of landfill technology as the most suitable and simple mechanism, especially for tropical countries such as India; Costs and benefits; Results of a cost-benefit analysis of a landfill system with gas recovery for Mumbai city's solid waste.