Urban Growth Theories And Settlement Systems Of India - Hardcover

Kalpana Markandey; Geetha Reddy Anant

9788180697395: Urban Growth Theories And Settlement Systems Of India

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8180697398 ISBN 13: 9788180697395

Publisher: Concept Publishing Company, 2011

This book describes Prof. Shah Manzoor Alam s lifelong and path breaking contribution to Urban Studies and System of Settlements in India, also influencing the processes of urbanization of West, South and East Asian countries. It explains as to how the primate cities are parasitical, retard rural-urban integration, distort the settlement system and prevent the emergence of a lognormal distribution of settlements in India. Besides highlighting household energy consumption, the papers highlight the policy issues regarding the demand and supply of energy in urban India and testify that geographers can contribute significantly to the understanding of the policy issues in planning and development of India.

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About the Author:

Prof Kalpana Markandey did her doctorate from Osmania University, Hyderabad and has been teaching at the Geography Department of the same University for the past three decades. She has been the Head of the Department and Chairperson Boad of Studies of this Department with a credit of starting M.Sc. Geoinformatics at Osmania University. She has contribution of publishing nine books and around 35 research papers having successfully completed ten research projects. She is also member of numerous professional bodies. Prof Geetha Reddy Anant (also Geeta Reddy Anant & J Geeta Reddy) is Director, Centre for Indian Ocean Studies Osmania University, Hyderabad having worked on issues of urban growth and life, informal economy, energy consumption and impacts etc. She is the author of Urbanisation and Primate City Growth in the Indian Ocean countries-1995, Planning and Regional Development-Towards Identification of Economic Potential-1996 as well as editor of Problems of Hunger and Food Security in the Indian Ocean Region-2000 and Multilayered Cities and Urban System-2009. She has also published over one hundred articles and research papers.

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