an urban agenda for India Mohanty, P. K. (Prasanna Kumar) 1954- creator author. Sage eBooks text bibliography Electronic books. ii 2016 monographic eng 1 online resource : illustrations The 21st century will witness a rapid urban expansion in the developing world. India, it is believed, will be at the forefront of such a phenomenon. This book acknowledges the role of agglomeration externalities as the cornerstone of urban public policy in India. Arguing that hypotheses of over-urbanization and urban bias theory - which articulated a negative view of urbanization - are based on fragile theoretical as well as empirical foundations, this book calls for proactive public policy to harness planned urbanization as resource. Specialized. specialized Prasanna K. Mohanty. Includes bibliographical references and index. Urban policy India Urbanization India HT147.I4 M66 2016 307.2160954 9789351507949 (ebook) : http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://sk.sagepub.com/Books/cities-and-public-policy http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://sk.sagepub.com/Books/cities-and-public-policy StDuBDS 160107 20161031105303.0 EDZ0001316078 eng