In recent decades developing economies have generally experienced greater inequality and environmental damage with population growth often eating into productivity gains. This volume describes how post-green revolution Punjab constitutes the sole example where: Rising population has not inundated the cities, Agricultural intensification has not degraded the environment, Increasing agricultural productivity has generated real rise in agricultural incomes across the board, A growing rural resource base has steadily upgraded the physical, social and educational infrastructure in the countryside. The book demonstrates that the process of development in Punjab has resulted from long-term policy initiatives and programmes. Thus, instead of a mass movement into a haphazard urban informal sector located in slums, there has been a systematic movement of industry out of the cities. This has created an urban-rural continuum that combines the best of both worlds. Above, all, it has also yielded a ‘greening’of the environment, with increased reforestation and tree coverage".
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