Facets of Urban Society in India : Process Problems and Development

Contents Preface and acknowledgements. Introduction/D. Venkateswarlu M. Hanumantha Rao and S. Bhaskar. Globalization and technology and the state reconfiguring of urban space in India (Key note address)/E. Hari Babu. I. Urban process 1. Migrants and their characteristics a study in Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh)/D. Venkateswarlu and G. Choodamani. 2. Revitalizing local democratic governance a study of urban administration in Tirupati/M.A. Hussain. II. Gender problems in urban society 3. Urbanization policy an evaluation from a gender perspective/D.B. Krishna Kumari. 4. Women and housing impact of urbanization constraints and suggestions/G. Sandhya Rani and B. Suguna. 5. Women workers in Davanagere Textile Mills some critical challenges to development/H.S. Krupalini. 6. Urban women councillors and decision making process a study of women members of urban local bodies Bellary District/Ch. Uma Mohan and H.B. Jalajakshi. 7. Place of birth why urban women still prefer home deliveries/M.S.R. Murthy. 8. Urbanization and health status of educated urban working women/Radha Murugesan and V. Jaisee Geetha. 9. Traffic congestion and women's problems a case study of Tirupati Town/D. Padmavathi. 10. Gender violence Indian scenario/P. Vasantha Kumari and K. Sudha Rani. 11. Urbanization gender based violence in Andhra Pradesh/B. Ratna Kumari. 12. Domestic violence a silent crime against women and the role of family counselling centres/B. Suguna and G. Sandhya Rani. III. Urban problems in India (a) General problems 13. Urban problems in Pune and Hyderabad solution and strategies for action to eradicate them/A. Ramanamma Jitendra Kumar Gond and Debjani Pal Chowdhuri. 14. Urban environmental pollution/R. Shankar and M. Thamilarasan. 15. Environmental pollution threat to life/I. Sobha and M.S.N. Reddy. 16. Urban transport and environmental pollution in India reasons and mitigation strategies/N. Ramulu T. Vijaya Kumar and D. Sammaiah. 17. Traffic problems in cities a study of Hyderabad City/M.V. Lakshmi Devi. 18. Health awareness in urban conglomerates a blue print for strategies/Y. Bhaskaracharyulu. 19. Health problems in the backward region of Telangana a study/T. Ramesh. (b) Slums 20. A study of women's position in the slums of Tirupati/K. Surekha Rao and G. Narmada. 21. Primary schooling among the urban poor perspectives from a study of a slum in Metropolitan Delhi/S. Sreenivasa Rao. 22. Role of literacy in creating awareness among slum dwellers/D. Uma Devi and P. Adinarayana Reddy. 23. Slum related problems and programmes in India/I. Subramanyam and B.V. Muralidhar. 24. Resettlement and rehabilitation of slum dwellers in Chennai City suggested strategies and approaches/A. Karuppaiah and K.N. Vijayanthi. 25. Health in slums a case study of Indira Nagar slum in Tirupati Town/K. Sreenivasa Rao and A. Srinivasu. (c) Urban Anomie 26. A profile of crime and violence in Indian mega cities/K. Radhakrishna Murthy and D. Raja Kumar. 27. Suicides in Rayalaseema a sociological analysis/Amarnath R. Das and R.V.K. Naidu. 28. Human rights violation among sex workers in Tirupati a case study analysis/K. Sreenivasa Rao and K. Subramanyam. 29. Family disorganization and dissolution (some case studies from Tirupati Andhra Pradesh)/K. Rani. (d) Street Children and child workers 30. Street children easy to get out but hard to get in/G. Stanley Jayakumar V. Reddeppa Naidu S. Bhaskar and G. Janakiram. 31. Street children their attitudes and habits/Y. Antony Raj. 32. Street children a struggle for survival/I.V. Lalitha Kumari. 33. Child workers in urban centres a study/A.V. Narasimha Raju. IV. Urban development 34. Lagging in urban development a historical perspective of Thanjavur an ancient town in Tamil Nadu/R. Elango and S. Ramachandran. 35. Community best practices in rain water harvesting for drinking water a field inquiry in Aizwal city of Mizoram/P. Sivaram. 36. Prison work programmes and rehabilitation plans and programmes of convicts a contradiction/Madhu Sudan. …