The Urban Development Policy, Karnataka has been developed, by the Department of Urban Development (Government of Karnataka), as a response to the challenges that are being faced by the state due to rapid urbanisation leading to:

• An increase in population in urban areas due to migration
• Increase in the number of poor residents in urban areas
• Infrastructural shortfall on several fronts
• Shortage of resources
• The challenge of ensuring the basic welfare of the poor in urban areas
• The increasing need for strengthening governance, planning and administration

The policy has seven key components in its framework

• A strategy for urban development
• A new approach to urban planning
• Reducing and eliminating poverty
• Provision of urban infrastructure services
• Ensuring environmental sustainability of urban areas
• Democratic urban governance
• Mobilisation of adequate financial resources

The policy document  describes  the challenges faced by the state due to urbanisation in detail and highlights the agenda for action.

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