TY  - GEN
AU  - Sharma, Purobi
TI  - Genesis of a city : urban development in Guwahati
SN  - 9789383252121
U1  - 307.1416 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Guwahati
PB  - EBH Publishers (India)
KW  -  
N1  - Contents
Preface 
Acknowledgement
List of  Figures 
List of  Tables
Chapter 1 : The Concepts of Urbanization and the Developing    Societies 1-41
Urbanization Patterns and Demographic Trends 
The Economic Process
Analytical Assessment  of the Situation
Chapter2:    Policy and Strategies of Urban Development : An Indian Perspective 42-84
Growth of Urbanisation in India Growth Domestic Product and Urban
Development in India
Urban Development and the Political System in India
Indian Perspective of Urban Development Policy
An Overview of Five-Year Plans and Urban Development
Task Forces: A Departure from the Past.
National Commission on Urbanization (NCU). Urban Infrastructure.
Status of Urban Infrastructure
The Issues before  Development  Management.
Chapter 3:  Guwahati: Progressive Marches Towards Urban Character 85-109
Chapter4 : Urban Development in Guwahati: A Multidimensional Syndrome 85-109
Physiographic Setting  of  Guwahati
Demographic Dimension
Socio-Cultural Dimension
Economic Dimension
Urban Structure : Land use pattern
Land  use  and  its  management
Chapter 5:  Management of Urban Services 152-193
City Transportation
The nature of Urban Policy towards Services
The  problem  of  Water Logging
Garbage Collection
Water Supply
Road System
Environment Management
Open  Space in  Guwahati City
Environmental Improvement of Slum areas in the City
Housing
Chapter 6: Government Action in Urban Development: The Structural network 194-232
General Pattern
Institutional network
Overall  control:  The  Municipal  Administration Department
The  planning  Agency :  Town & Country Planning
Department
Master Plan and Development
The City Government : (The Guwahati Municipal Corporation)
The Legal Framework
Organizational Constraints
Inoperative Performances
Financial Constraints
Government and Finance
Augmentation of  Resources
Mismanagement
Chapter  7 : The Legal  Frame Work  of Implementation  of Planning and Development 233-265
Conflict of Overlapping Authorities
Lack  of  Coordination
Organizational Reality
The Functional Reality
Empirical Reality
The Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority
Political Patronage and the Authority
Comprehensive Urban Planning and Development
Financial Strait
Chapter 8 : Conclusion 266-284
Bibliography 285-297
Index 299-302
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