Readings in decentralised planning v.1; c.1

An International Experts Group Meeting on Decentralised Planning was held at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, from 11th to 13th June 1990. This book is a revised version of the papers read at the Conference; the proceedings and its recommendations. The sweep of the papers cover everything relevant currently for district planning: the concepts, the resources, the database, the role of the administrator, the training needs, people's participation, agro-climatic zones and the know-how to frame a district plan. Each paper is by an acknowledged expert in his respective field with long years of experience at micro-planning, both academically and as a practical planner. The proceedings and the recommendations are particularly important because they are harbingers of hope and give a view of the probable shape of things as they might emerge in the foreseeable years ahead of us. The book would be of immense interest to administrators, planners, academicians and students of decentralised planning.