CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 1.2 REGIONAL PLANNING INNITIATIVES IN THE STATE CHAPTER 2 RESEARCH DESIGN 2.1 WHY TRIPURA AS A CASE STUDY 2.2 NEED FOR THE STUDY 2.3 AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 2.4 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE RESEARCH 2.5 METHODOLOGY 2.6 STUDY FRAMWORK CHAPTER 3 LITERATURE REVIEW 3.1 TOWN DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES 3.2 URBAN MANAGEMENT 3.3 URBAN GOVERNANCE 3.4 74TH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ACT, 1992 3.5 DECENTRALIZATION THE CENTRE, THE STATE AND THE LOCAL BODIES 3.6 URBAN SERVICES DELIVERY IN INDIA CHAPTER 4 URBANIZATION SCENARIO OF THE STATE 4.1 URBANIZATION AND POPULATION DISTRIBUTION OF THE STATE CHAPTER 5 AGARTALA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL 5.1 LOCATION AND REGIONAL LINKAGES 5.2 SOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE 5.3 ECONOMIC BASE AND TRENDS 5.4 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 5.5 LANDUSE AND PHYSICAL GROWTH TRENDS 5.6 URBAN POOR AND HOUSING 5.7 INFRASTRUCTURE STATUS 5.8 INFRATSRUCTURE FUTURE REQUIREMENTS 5.9 URBAN FINANCE .. CONCLUSION OF AGARTALA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL .. SWOT ANALYSIS OF AGARTALA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL CHAPTER 6 DHARMANAGAR NAGAR PANCHAYAT 6.1 LOCATION AND REGIONAL LINKAGES 6.2 SOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE 6.3 ECONOMIC BASE AND TRENDS 6.4 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 6.5 LANDUSE AND PHYSICAL GROWTH TRENDS 6.6 HOUSING STATUS AND TRENDS 6.7 INFRASTRUCTURE STATUS 6.8 INFRATSRUCTURE FUTURE REQUIREMENTS 6.9 URBAN FINANCE .. CONCLUSION OF DHARMANAGAR NAGAR PANCHAYAT .. SWOT ANALYSIS OF DHARMANAGAR NAGAR PANCHAYAT CHAPTER 7 TELIAMURA NAGAR PANCHAYAT 7.1 LOCATION AND REGIONAL LINKAGES 7.2 SOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE 7.3 ECONOMIC BASE AND TRENDS 7.4 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 7.5 LANDUSE AND PHYSICAL GROWTH TRENDS 7.6 HOUSING STATUS AND TRENDS 7.7 INFRASTRUCTURE STATUS 7.8 INFRATSRUCTURE FUTURE REQUIREMENTS .. CONCLUSION OF TELIAMURA NAGAR PANCHAYAT .. SWOT ANALYSIS OF TELIAMURA NAGAR PANCHAYAT CHAPTER 8 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 8.1 FINDINGS OF THE STUDY 8.2 SWOT ANALYSIS 8.3 STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS 8.4 RESEARCH CONCLUSION