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020 _a9789383252121
082 _a307.1416
_bSHA
100 _aSharma, Purobi
_965653
245 _aGenesis of a city : urban development in Guwahati
260 _aGuwahati
_bEBH Publishers (India)
_c2014
300 _axii,302p.
505 _aContents 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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890 _aIndia
891 _aGratis
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