TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mohanty,P.K.
ED  - Sage eBooks
TI  - Cities and public policy: an urban agenda for India 
SN  - 9789351507949 (ebook) :
AV  - HT147.I4 M66 2016
U1  - 307.2160954 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - SAGE
KW  - Urban policy
KW  - India
KW  - Urbanization
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - 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
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