Satellite Towns in Neo-metropolitan Development in India [electronic resource] Lessons from Selected Cities / by Amit Chatterjee, R. N. Chattopadhyay.

This book discusses population growth and the resultant problems, and highlights the need for immediate action to develop a set of planned satellite towns around Indian megacities to reduce their population densities and activity concentrations. It addresses problems like unplanned spatial expansion...

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Uniform Title:Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements, 2198-2554
Main Authors: Chatterjee, Amit (Author)
Chattopadhyay, R. N. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Edition:1st ed. 2020.
Series:Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements,
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Variant Title:
Satellite Towns in Neo-metropolitan Development in India: Lessons From Selected Cities
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Growth of Metropolises and Megacities with Focus on Global South
  • Problems and Policies of Metropolitan Growth in India
  • Satellite Town Development in Retrospect and Prospect
  • Metropolitan Regions of India: Rapid Growth, Changing Landuse and Challenges
  • Metropolitan City-Satellites-Fringe villages Relationship: Case Studies with Greater Mumbai, Bengaluru and its Region.