The book studies the impact of the mega-transformation ushered in by globalisation on the small cities and towns. Based on a seminar, the papers here focus on the nature of the emerging changes as a result of the global agenda especially where urban settlements are concerned, throwing light on socio-cultural and economic conditions of citizens of specific cities and towns. With case studies of urban settlements, they argue that one sees the emergence of a few cities across countries as the hubs of flow of capital and new technologies under the influence of technologies and labour markets. On the other hand, the traditional centres of regional production and distribution of goods and services are getting re-organised or even disintegrated. Referring to cities and towns spread across India, they view specific issues like industrial dispersal and clustering, financial and access to basic amenities, ethnic and communal conflicts, urban governance and planning concerns.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR R N Sharma
Dr. Ram Nath Sharma, M.A., D.Phil., D.Litt., President U.P. Philosophers Association for a decade, LMI : Indian Philosophical Association and Darshan Parishad; Institute; Chief Editor: Research Journal of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Head of the Department of P.G. Studies and Research at Meerut College for two decades. Guided more than three dozen Ph. D’s. Author of more than one hundred research papers and an equal number of books in the field of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Psychology. An authority on Sri Auurobindo and Indian Psychology, Dr. Sharma has always been keen to take up any important problem of present it in a book form. Some of his works on current subjects are Contemporary Indian Philosophy, Indian Psychology, Integral Thought of Sri Aurobindo, the Kargil War, Indian Votes Again, Indian Education Into Millennium, Kashmir Autonomy, Neo Vedanta Education, World fights Terrorism, Schools and Schooling in India, Gujarat Holocaust and Indian Education at the Cross Road.
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