CONTENTS
Preface 5
Introduction 7
List of contributons 10
1. Demographic and Economic Changes in Guwahati Since 1972 17
- Pabitra Giri
2. Growth and Changing Face ofGuwahati Since 1972 27
- N.N. Bhattacharyya
3. Municipal Self-Government in Guwahati and Utility Services 35
- K.M. Deka
4. Water Supply in Greater Guwahati- Problems and Prospects 55
-H. Nath, D. Bhattacharjee & S. Bezbaruah
5. Problems of Potable Water in Guwahati City 81
- Kamlesh Kalita & Aswini Kumar Borah
6. Development Problems of the Guwahati 87
- Kabindra Hazarika
7. Waterlogging and Inundation Problems of Greater Guwahati: A Geographical Study 97
-S. Sharma
8. The Increasing Sewage and Inundation Problems of Guwahati City :
A Perspective on Environmental Geography 116
-M. Kar
9. Guwahati Municipal Problems 128
- S.Br. Medhi
10. Empirical Evidence of Transport Problems in Guwahati City 136
- K. Bez
11. Problems of Road Transport in Guwahat City Since 1972 145
-C. Sharma & N.N. Bhattacharyya
12. Guwahati City: Problems and Some Likely Solutions 154
- A.K. Afsar Hazarika & Amiyo Kr. Sharma
13.Some Natural and Man-Made Environmental Problems of Guwahati 162
- S.K. Sarmah & P. Dattabarua
14. Retrograding Environment in Guwahati :A Geographical Analysis 168
- Pradip Sharma & Mahfuza Rahaman
15.Guwahati: A Hub of Industrial and Commercial Buoyancy of the North East India 182
- Monalisa Choudhury & Nayan Barua
16. The Present Capital Project of Assam
- B. Datta Ray 189 c l
17. Education of Street Children in Greater Guwahati : Problems and Prospects 193
- Gayatree Goswamee
18. Street Food Vending in Guwahati: Problems and Prospects 199
- Mini Bhattacharyya Thakur
19. Crimes Against Women in Greater Guwahati 206
- Polly Vanquline 206
20. Change of Values as Reflected in Culture and Literature 214
- Taranee Deka
Index 233