Urban planning and policies

This is the third set of volumes in the well known series entitled Concept's International Series in Geography. This multi volume set has wide coverage under the title Perspectives in Urban Geography. The earlier two sets in the series were: Perspec tives in Agricultural Geography and Perspec tives in Geomorphology.

Traditional studies on aspects of Urban Geography had been concentrating on observa tional records of developments of and cities till the subject came to acquire towns a behavioural approach recently. What resul ted was a new matrix of philosophies, metho dologies and their ingenious application to what had been researched through the years. The make on present. set of volumes a rigorous survey ventures to of the literature Urban Geography after its reorientation as it were.

The current wave of research on urban problems has produced new dimensions in formulating and administering public progr ammes. Researchers have drawn guidelines for improving the orientation and management of present programmes and policies.

The planners in established strategies to development of cities. essential prerequisites of planning norms. in the first part of Planning the of The their efforts have control haphazard Thus policies are an effective use papers Included this volume on Urban and Policies reflect governmental making, the policy and framework three substantive content the use of policy analysis. The papers Issues for policy of social new methods for part describe some of the current approaches In the to the development of practical and workable second ways to improve conditions of urban living in diverse settings The contributors experts the world. in their own to the volume are field from around the world.