Handbook Of Urbanization In India

Giving an analysis of the socio-economic and spatial characteristics of urbanization of India, this work assesses the nature of the policies and programmes required for urban governance and the development and management of urban areas. It is relevant in the context of economic growth and changing structural patterns of the Indian economy

This updated volume with an additional chapter on migration and current urban agenda comprehensively analyses the extent and characteristics of urbanization in India. It assesses the nature of the policies and programmes required for urban governance and the development and management of urban areas.

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the interactions and feedbacks between urbanization and global environmental change. A key focus is the examination of how urbanization influences global environmental change, and how global environmental change in turn influences urbanization processes. It has four thematic foci: Theme 1 addresses the pathways through which urbanization drives global environmental change. Theme 2 addresses the pathways through which global environmental change affects the urban system. Theme 3 addresses the interactions and responses within the urban system in response to global environmental change. Theme 4 centers on critical emerging research.

Urban areas are integral to India’s growth and development, accounting for around two-thirds of the country’s GDP. Analysing India’s rapidly expanding process of urbanisation, the book identifies the key challenges and opportunities and proposes suitable managerial and policy reforms. It addresses critical issues and puts forth suggestions for better planning financing alternatives and, most importantly, better governance for improved service delivery and affordable housing. Divided thematically into three sections, the volume takes into account the important facets of urbanisation, including the state of urban infrastructure and planning in India with due attention to sustainability, the role of finance in urban development and its dependence on governance, and methods to generate good governance in public institutions, and the impact on housing and climate change. The 11 essays included in this book have been written by leading analysts and practitioners, who propose critical reforms and policy interventions. The volume will be indispensable to students and scholars of urban economics, development studies, urban planning, business practitioners, policymakers as well as the informed general reader.

Monograph on urban development in India - covers urbanization, urban renewal, urban area housing, health services, social services, infrastructure, social problems, etc., and includes urban planning recommendations. Bibliography pp. 433 to 437, references and statistical tables.

Literature survey and bibliography of source materials published between 1947 and 1967 for the study of urbanization in India - outlines the development of urban area research in India and includes information on statistical sources and population sources of data concerning internal migration.

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the interactions and feedbacks between urbanization and global environmental change. A key focus is the examination of how urbanization influences global environmental change, and how global environmental change in turn influences urbanization processes. It has four thematic foci: Theme 1 addresses the pathways through which urbanization drives global environmental change. Theme 2 addresses the pathways through which global environmental change affects the urban system. Theme 3 addresses the interactions and responses within the urban system in response to global environmental change. Theme 4 centers on critical emerging research.