Rapid population growth and expansion of jobs and opportunities in the service and informal sector in cities have posed serious challenges, which are great and formidable indeed. Cities pull the rich and poor alike; offer hope, even if illusive, a chance for liberation and a new beginning. During the last two decades the urban scenario has changed enormously and the problems particularly of large cities have acquired new and complex dimensions. This book analyses ...
The form of settlement in any particular region reflects Man's relationship with the environment. The pattern and structure of settlement in a space along with the organization of population provides fair idea about the levels of development achieved by that region. The history of Bengal presidency and the province of Bihar and Orissa have been most significant in the context of colonial rule in India. It went through most turbulent periods in ...