Urbanisation and Urban Planning in India: Vision and Reality

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This book is indeed a small contribution in this direction. It consists of 22 articles bringing together varieties of issues related to urbanization and urban planning in India. Along with analyzing the process of urbanization in explores clear vision and strategies for future cities and villages. The book has several articles with different issues on application of Geographical Information System and Remote Sensing (GIS and RS) techniques for spatial planning of cities and towns. It also examines urban governance in the light of 74th Constitutional Amendment Act (CAA) citing success story from different parts of the country. Finally, it examines various urban problems with interdisciplinary approaches. The book has articles from a number of eminent geographers, urban and regional planners, medical practitioners, political scientists, public administrators etc. The book would serve the need of research scholars, planners, policy makers, administrators working in the field of urban studies." Table Of Contents I. Urbanisation and urban vision 1. Urbanisation and urban planning in India: vision for sustainable urbanisation and urban development/R.N. Dubey. 2. Beyond the present: vision of a new urban future for South Asia/R.P. Misra. 3. Varanasi, a heritage city of India: perspectives, visions and strategies for sustainable urban development/Rana P.B. Singh. 4. Urban expansion in context to global economy: some experiences from underdeveloped regions/Anand Prasad Mishra. 5. Urban pattern in India: some reinterpretations/Bikramaditya Kumar Choudhary. 6. Metropolitisation in India -- trends and problems/Jitender Singh Saroha. II. Urban planning 7. National urban information system: Govt. of India Scheme for 3 Tiered GIS database in urban planning/J.B. Kshirsagar and Pawan Kumar. 8. Botanical considerations in town planning and cardiovascular health/S. Dwivedi and Bineet Sinha. 9. Application of GIS for identification of landfill sites: a case study of Delhi/Suraj Mal. 10. Application of RS and GIS for urban green space mapping: a case study of Hisar City, Haryana/Anurag, Kartar Singh, R.S. Hooda Dilbag Singh and Prem Prashant. 11. Identification of ground water potential areas in Jaipur city/Parthsarthy Sharma. 12. Urbanization scenario and development planning in Madhya Pradesh/Sunil Singh and Bhagwat Pravin. III. Urban governance 13. Decentralized urban governance in Haryana: trends, policies and strategies/Suresh Misra. 14. Reforms for good urban governance and management: some experiences in India/Nimish Jha. 15. Governance and local administration: Post 74th Constitutional Amendment/Lalit Kumar. IV. Urban reality 16. Urban wastewater treatment and pollution control by microorganisms: towards promoting its application in developing countries/Anu and R.B. Singh. 17. Vehicular traffic strategy in National Capital Region -- A case study/Hasan Ansari. 18. Urban environment and health: chronic cardiovascular diseases/Amitesh Aggarwal. 19. Urban air pollution in India: issues and challenges/Mohinder Singh Kadayan, G.S. Chauhan and Ravi Chanchal. 20. Role of waste pickers in urban solid waste management in Delhi/Subhash Anand. 21. Population dynamics and settlements in Bhiwani District: strategies for sustainable development/K.V. Chamar, Sumitra Bairagi and Purushotam. 22. Haryana: Urban--rural differentials in literacy/Sneh Sangwan and Randhir Suingh Sangwan. List of contributors.