The Organisation of the Book

The Book is organised into three sections—Cities, the Urban System in which the cities form and Urbanisation.

1. The Section on cities deals with—

• the origin of cities,
• the factors behind their origin,
• the factors behind the localisation and growth of cities;
• the type of cities and their classification,
• the modern names of the cities are assuming;
• the differences in the city in their internal structure,
• the theories that explain the differences and the comparison;
• the nature of the Central Business District, its delimitation and changing importance, the recent decline of the Central Business District, the study of the periphery, the rural urban fringe, its nature and characteristics and the limits of the city influence.

1. The Section on Urban Systems deals with the interrelationship between different urban places both

horizontally and vertically:

III. The—last section deals with—the various aspects of Urbanisation—the numerical aspect, the demographic aspect and the behavioural aspect. The book ends with a short but recent introduction on problems of Urbanisation. The book is organised in such a manner that it moves smoothly from one section to another, one chapter to another.

The book also contains a comprehensive glossary and a good reference section.

Contents of the Book

Section A: Cities

1. Origin and Spread of Cities
2. Urban Development in India
3. Location and Growth of Cities
4. City Classification
5. Internal Structure of Cities
6. The CBD
7. Morphology of Indian Cities
8. Spheres of Urban Influence
9. Rural-Urban Fringe
10. Urban Sprawl
11. Satellite Towns

Section B: Urban System

12. Central Place Theory
13. Primate City Concept
14. Rank Size Rule
15. Hierarchy of Urban Settlements

Section C: Urbanisation

16. Urbanisation Trends and Patterns
17. Urbanisation Process in India
18. Problems of Urbanisation
19. Indian Urban Problems and Policies
20. Urban Planning
21. Sustainable Urban Development
22. Urban Planning: NCR
23. Urban Planning: Future of Cities

Glossary

References

The book has been reviewed, approved and recommended by the NATIONAL BOOK TRUST, Government of India.