Growth of Unplanned Towns and Cities in the North Eastern Region of India: Problems and Alleviation Measures

Town planning is the process of managing land resources. It involves the control of existing and new developments, as well as strategy preparation to ensure manage future requirements. It is designing and managing the physical, social, and economic development of cities, towns, and other urban areas. Most of the cities and towns in India, especially in the hills came into being unplanned, thus lack proper civic facilities and amenities. As the title suggests, this book presents the pros and cons of unplanned cities and towns of NER of India. Substantially a collection of articles, contributed by different professionals and experts on the theme, this book is organised in two parts. Part-A focusses on urban sprawl, cable cars, land suitability analysis for master plan, urban safety in road design, secured livelihood and empowerment of women street vendors, goods movement pattern and distribution, traffic decongestion measures etc. Part-B encapsulates the topics like waste management, centripetal and centrifugal urbanisation in tribal habitats, unplanned growth, issues pertaining to slum-dwellers, and urban growth and environmental consequences, spatio-temporal dynamic patterns of urban centres, town morphology, road accidents and safety measures, and urban housing demand. Definitely, the vital information based on empirical studies, contained this volume will delight and enlighten one and all concerned.