ISBN10: 8173918015, ISBN13: 9788173918018, [publisher: Kanishka, New Delhi] Hardcover Contents Preface. I. Urbanisation and governance 1. Urbanisation in India the emerging pattern/B.N. Singh. 2. Municipal governance in India in the 21 century/Abhijit Datta. 3. E governance for citizen friendly civic administration the case of Saukaryam/Sanjay Jajlu. II. Local government finance 4. Municipal finance the experience of bonds/Chetan Vaidya and Hitesh Vaidya. 5. Municipal accounting reforms status and road ahead/Ravikant Joshi. 6. Property tax reforms in Andhra Pradesh/M. Prasada Rao. III. City planning and regulation 7. Master plan concept constraints and prospects/D.S. Meshram. 8. Planned sub cities the case of Dwarka New Delhi/S.P. Bansal. 9. Dynamics of interaction in the peri urban interface/Robert Brook Sangeetha Purushothaman and Sinduja Krishnan. 10. Remote sensing applications in urban planning an overview/Mahavir. IV. Shelter poverty and basic services 11. Housing in India status policy and interventions/Ramakrishna Nallathiga. 12. Transformation of housing policy in India the trend towards market mechanisms/P.S.N. Rao. 13. Changing scenario of housing for the urban poor in Indian cities/Neelima Risbud. 14. Giving voice to the poor in municipal planning learning from Andhra Pradesh urban service for the poor/Banashree Banerjee. 15. Housing and settlements issues of the fishing community in India/Subir Saha and Rahul Kumar Bysack. 16. Earthquake resistant buildin ...