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Habitat Asia: Issues and Responses (In 3 Volumes)

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About the Book : The Habitat Conference held at Vancouver, Canada in May-June 1976 can be considered as a high water mark in the study of human settlements on a global scale. Habitat Asia, in three volumes, brings to the reader the first systematic assessment of the impact of this conference on material policies in the Asian region. The survey is focused on the recommendations approved by the national governments and the follow-up action they have taken to implement the same. It gives a fairly comprehensive idea of how the countries covered by the survey are responding to the international call for a new policy on human settlements a policy which would enhance the quality of life of the people inhabiting Asia's urban and rural settlements. The present volume, the first in this trilogy, discusses the Indian situation and the relevant trends in national development. Six case studies of urban and rural settlements serve as ample illustrations of the problem under study. The responses in the shape of various policies and programmes both at the national as well as the state levels are analysed in detail. The conclusions drawn are stated in a forthright and hard-hitting manner.
This series of volumes is bound to make people sit up and do some rethinking on this vital human problem in more positive terms.
About Author : B.S. Bhooshan (b. 1946) has a Master's degree in Town and Country Planning from the University of Madras. He has been closely associated with the research projects on human settlements of the Scientific Committee on Problems of Environment (SCOPE), Paris and the International Institute for Environment and Development, London. He is currently on the faculty of the Institute of Development Studies, Mysore. His publications include The Development Experience of Nepal, Concept Publishing Company, 1979, in. addition to several papers in journals of international repute.
Born on 18 January, 1929, Prof. Rameshwar Prasad Misra (R.P. Misra) is an internationally known Geographer, Regional Planner and Gandhian Scholar. He did his M.A. (Geography) at Allahabad University in 1954; M.A. (Economics) at DBS Post-graduate College affiliated to Agra University in 1960; and Ph.D. at University of Maryland, College Park, Md. USA in 1964. He made a name in development circles as founder Director, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Mysore (1965-1979) and worked as Consultant Advisor at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva (1971-72); and UNDP, Teheran, Iran (1974-75). He was Vice-director, UN Center for Regional Development (UNCRD), Nagoya, Japan (1979-84). Among the countries, he went on UN advisory missions are: Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, China, S. Korea, Iran, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, Brazil and Mexico. He returned to India as Vice-Chancellor of Allahabad University (1984-87) and then moved to Delhi University (1987-95) as Professor of Regional Planning, and Director/Chairman, Center for Gandhian Studies and Peace Research.
Prof. Misra has been honoured with Golden Jubilee Award by Mysore University for Best Research Publication (1968); Dr. Zakir Hussain Chair Professorship by University of Mysore; Scholarly Achievement Award by the Institute of Oriental Philosophy, Tokyo (1992); Life Time Achievement Award in Ecology and Environment by Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (1998); Bhoogol Ratna Award for Life Time Achievement by the Bhoovigyan Vikas Foundation, New Delhi (2002); and the first Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (2001-03) by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. He has more than 80 books and 200 research papers to his credit. Among these publications are: 10 volumes-series on Regional Development, 5 volumes-series on Rual Development, and 10 volumes-series on Mahatma Gandhi.
E‑mail: [email protected]
R.N. Achyutha is currently Reader in Planning at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Mysore. He has been involved in the preparation of block, district and drought- prone area plans for the last ten years.
Product Details
ISBN 13 | 9789351252191 |
Book Language | English |
Binding | Hardcover |
Total Pages | 668 |
Release Year | 2022 |
Author | B.S. Bhooshan, R.P. Misra, R.N. Achyutha |
GAIN | L2RAE1ZUCO4 |
Publishers | Concept Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd. |
Category | History Ancient History |
Weight | 680.00 g |
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Product Description
About the Book : The Habitat Conference held at Vancouver, Canada in May-June 1976 can be considered as a high water mark in the study of human settlements on a global scale. Habitat Asia, in three volumes, brings to the reader the first systematic assessment of the impact of this conference on material policies in the Asian region. The survey is focused on the recommendations approved by the national governments and the follow-up action they have taken to implement the same. It gives a fairly comprehensive idea of how the countries covered by the survey are responding to the international call for a new policy on human settlements a policy which would enhance the quality of life of the people inhabiting Asia's urban and rural settlements. The present volume, the first in this trilogy, discusses the Indian situation and the relevant trends in national development. Six case studies of urban and rural settlements serve as ample illustrations of the problem under study. The responses in the shape of various policies and programmes both at the national as well as the state levels are analysed in detail. The conclusions drawn are stated in a forthright and hard-hitting manner.
This series of volumes is bound to make people sit up and do some rethinking on this vital human problem in more positive terms.
About Author : B.S. Bhooshan (b. 1946) has a Master's degree in Town and Country Planning from the University of Madras. He has been closely associated with the research projects on human settlements of the Scientific Committee on Problems of Environment (SCOPE), Paris and the International Institute for Environment and Development, London. He is currently on the faculty of the Institute of Development Studies, Mysore. His publications include The Development Experience of Nepal, Concept Publishing Company, 1979, in. addition to several papers in journals of international repute.
Born on 18 January, 1929, Prof. Rameshwar Prasad Misra (R.P. Misra) is an internationally known Geographer, Regional Planner and Gandhian Scholar. He did his M.A. (Geography) at Allahabad University in 1954; M.A. (Economics) at DBS Post-graduate College affiliated to Agra University in 1960; and Ph.D. at University of Maryland, College Park, Md. USA in 1964. He made a name in development circles as founder Director, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Mysore (1965-1979) and worked as Consultant Advisor at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva (1971-72); and UNDP, Teheran, Iran (1974-75). He was Vice-director, UN Center for Regional Development (UNCRD), Nagoya, Japan (1979-84). Among the countries, he went on UN advisory missions are: Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, China, S. Korea, Iran, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, Brazil and Mexico. He returned to India as Vice-Chancellor of Allahabad University (1984-87) and then moved to Delhi University (1987-95) as Professor of Regional Planning, and Director/Chairman, Center for Gandhian Studies and Peace Research.
Prof. Misra has been honoured with Golden Jubilee Award by Mysore University for Best Research Publication (1968); Dr. Zakir Hussain Chair Professorship by University of Mysore; Scholarly Achievement Award by the Institute of Oriental Philosophy, Tokyo (1992); Life Time Achievement Award in Ecology and Environment by Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (1998); Bhoogol Ratna Award for Life Time Achievement by the Bhoovigyan Vikas Foundation, New Delhi (2002); and the first Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (2001-03) by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. He has more than 80 books and 200 research papers to his credit. Among these publications are: 10 volumes-series on Regional Development, 5 volumes-series on Rual Development, and 10 volumes-series on Mahatma Gandhi.
E‑mail: [email protected]
R.N. Achyutha is currently Reader in Planning at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Mysore. He has been involved in the preparation of block, district and drought- prone area plans for the last ten years.
Product Details
ISBN 13 | 9789351252191 |
Book Language | English |
Binding | Hardcover |
Total Pages | 668 |
Release Year | 2022 |
Author | B.S. Bhooshan, R.P. Misra, R.N. Achyutha |
GAIN | L2RAE1ZUCO4 |
Publishers | Concept Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd. |
Category | History Ancient History |
Weight | 680.00 g |
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