Regional planning and economic development/ edited by M. Basheer Ahmed Khan

In recent years, there has been an increa sing recognition of the Regional Planning needs, decentralized planning and popular participation of the people in the planning processes. The Sixth Five Year Plan has laid great emphasis on the need to streng then the regions at the Block and District levels. The Integrated Rural Development Programmes, the introduction of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, the huge allocation of plan resources for infrastructural development. etc. should be on a sound strategy of spatial planning for its beneficial impact on economy. These developments have generated greater awareness and interest amongst the students of Indian Planning and Economic Development to consider the various significant issues related to Regional Planning in India.

The book is a master-piece collection of contributions by eminent and renowned scholars in the sphere of Regional Plan ning and Economic Development.' It pin points and highlights very crucial and burning issues which have a direct relevance to 'Regional Planning & Econo mic Development' with special reference to Indian Planning spectrum.