There is a need for balanced development between urban and rural areas. Rapid urbanization could either increase or derease the extent of rural-urban disparities. At the same time the distinction between rural and urban areas is beginning to get blurred. This monograph studies the patterns and trends in rural-urban differences in well-being in Maharashtra using primary and secondary data.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S Chandrasekhar
S Chandrasekhar is Assistant Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Mumbai, India. His research interests are Urban Livelihoods, Migration and Urbanization, Multiple Dimensions of Well-Being and Rural-Urban Linkages.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.S.P. Sharma
Dr.S.S.P. Sharma is professor and head of the center for water and land management (CWLM) at NIRD. Dr. Sharma specializes in Environmental Economies and has participated in number of National and International Seminars and Workshops in India and abroad on subjects related to environment and water management. He has authored four books several research articles in National and International journals on the subjects related to environmental economics, watershed development and water management.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Vijay Laxmi Pandey
Vijay laxmi Pandey is Associate Professor at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India Her research interests are Agri-cultural Economics, Environmental Economics, Gender Issues and Rural Urban Linkages.
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