Urban Sociology : Planning, Administration and Management

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Origin and growth of cities. 3. Ecology. 4. Demography. 5. Urban social institutions. 6. Urban social problems and predicaments. 7. Urban planning and urban administration. 8. Implications of urbanization on urban administration. 9. World environmental crises. 10. Globalization, liberalization, privatization, marketization, education, information technology, human rights and quality of life. 11. Androgynous city a modern trend world-wide. 12. Blueprint for a better capital proposed master plan for Delhi. 13. Scenarios of urban change. 14. Prospective urban management. 15. Impact of new technologies on urban setting. 16. Elements of urban design and architecture. 17. Bibliography. Index.

"Urban sociology, planning, administration and management deals with the basic concepts like urban ecology, rural-urban continuum, dichotomy, the city community, urbanism and  urbanization. The elements of urban design and architecture has also been discussed. The major foci of attention are inclusive of twenty-first century scenario which are likely to emerge and which have made a beginning of appearance of scenario likely to come up." (jacket)