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082 _a307.760954 Urb
100 _aKulwant, Singh.(ed.)
245 0 _aUrban India in crisis /
_cedited by Kulwant Singh and Florian Steinberg
260 _aNew Delhi
260 _bNew Age International
260 _c1996
300 _a465p.
520 _aThe book reflects a cross section of expert views on the basis of project experiences in India's urban sector, recommending several measures of reform and improvement of urban development management. The book provides a wide coverage of several relevant issues which will require more attention of policy makers, administrators, technocrats, practioners, urban managers and the academics. The contributions to this book unanimously point at the need to strengthen the urban agenda, and to undertake concerted efforts towards implementation of such an agenda with a view to stablising and balancing the urban development process, and overcoming India's urban crisis through positive interventions. The collection of thoughts and urban experiences is beyond a mere attempt of understanding of the urban development initiatives. India's urban crisis is going to exist for quite some time. If urban India is to live up to the expectations and basic needs of a liberalised economy, there is no real option but to rise to the challenge of innovation with commitment. an entrepreneurial
650 _aUrbanization India
700 _aSteinberg , Floriann (ed.)
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