The book India's Changing Villages explores the social, economic, and cultural transformations occurring in India's villages. S. C. Dube analyzes how modernization, industrialization, and urbanizat…
The book Managing Cities in Developing Countries: The Theory and Practice of Urban Management provides an in-depth analysis of urban management in developing countries, focusing on relevant theorie…
As cities compete globally, the Smart City has been touted as the important new strategic driver for regeneration and growth. Smart Cities are employing information and communication technologies i…
A new approach to rural development is emerging. Instead of being about attracting companies that might create jobs over which communities have no control, the emerging paradigm is about connecting…
This book is about a particular part of urban development, the growth of office accommodation and activities in post-war London. We see this as the first step in a much wider and more extensive enq…
The book Strategy Without Ideology: Experience of Rural Development in Sri Lanka analyzes the experience of rural development in Sri Lanka through a practical and pragmatic approach. It explores th…
Human settlements throughout the world, particularly urban areas of the developing world, are under severe and increasing pressure from a variety of sources. Traditional approaches to studying and …
The usefulness of various theories as analytical tools in the study of social change is discussed. The topics include: modernization approaches, the role of cultural factors in development, Marxist…
Despite decades of governmental effort and large-scale expenditure on development, the lot of the world's underprivileged remains largely dismal. This failure of state-sponsored development has pro…
The book Rural Settlement and Land Use discusses the relationship between rural settlement and land use, as well as its impact on the environment and communities. Michael Chisholm explores settleme…