CONTENTS Preface v List of Tables xi List of Figures xiii Part I: Urbanism in India: Contemporary Scenario 1.Urbanization in India: Status and Issues 3 -R. Maria Saleth 2.Influence of Mass Media on Youth Culture in Urban Settings 7 -N. Vijayalakshmi 3.Urban India: A Socio-Cultural Melting Pot 17 -Joyce Sunder and C. Sowrabha 4.A Demographic Reappraisal of Urbanisation in India 33 -M. Robert Benni and M. Nallakaman 5.A Socio-Ecological Study of Slums in Bangalore 45 -Berin Lukas 6.Risky Lives of Girl Child in Urban Area 63 -V. Thirukkani 7.Impact of Television Watching on Sociability: A Study in Urban Bangalore 71 -Deva Prasad F. Part II: Urban Social Problems 8.Urban Environment in Developing Countries: Challenges and Strategies 79 -M. Anandan and S. Ramaswamy 9.A Study on Solid Waste Management in Madurai Corporation in Tamil Nadu 89 -P. Palpandi and R. Mangayarkarasu 10.Health Conditions of Urban Slums in Kerala: A Demographic Appraisal 95 -Shafeeque K. 11.The Problem of Urban 109 -K. Pushpam 12.Urbanism-Curse or Blessed? Responses through a Profile of an Excluded Community 115 -Mary Louisa and E. Arumuga Gandhi 13.Impact of Welfare Measures on Elderly in Urban Area 127 -J. Balamurugan and G. Ramathirtham 14.Homelessness: An Urban Social Problem 139 -K.P. Shanmuga Vadivu 15.Urban Social Problems: A Study on Human Rights Violence Against women 147 -T.S. Bala Gomala 16.Urban Poverty in Pondicherry 157 -Hemalatha Bhat 17.Effects of Urbanism: Internet Addiction Disorder among Urban Adolescence in Thiruvananthapuram 169 -Mohammed Fazil L. and Alia Baksh S. Part III: Urban Infrastructure 18.Urban Infrastructure 193 -R. Selvamathi Sugirtha 19.Solid Waste Management: A Study in Madurai Corporation, Tamil Nadu 201 -P. Lakshmi and R. Mangayarkarasu Part IV: Migration, Employment and Urbanism 20.Plight of Migrant Labourers in Madurai: A Study in Tamil Nadu 211 -S. Rajangam and S. Gurusamy 21.Employment in the Urban Unorganised Sector 225 -P.M. Anu Rama 22.Plight of Women Working in Unorganised Sector: An Urban Scenario 233 -S.S. Vijayanchali and E. Arumuga Gandhi 23.Work - Stress: Causes and Consequences 245 -S. Aruna and S. Manivel 24.Stress and its Impact on Employees 255 -Joyce Georgina John and J. Sam Edward Roy Part V: Urban Renewal and Urban Planning 25.Sustainable Urban Development in India: Problems 269 -V. Priya 26.Governance and Urban Poverty 281 -M. Kaliamoorthi and R. Mangayarkarasu 27.Urbanization and Urban Community Development 297 -N. Muthuraju 28.Crisis in Urban Development 305 -P. Nagarajan 29.Urban Development-Freedom from Disease 315 -P. Parantaman 30.Ancient Urban Heritage Conservation and its Challenges in Cambodia 327 -Dom Vannak