Spatial Diversity and Dynamics in Resources and Urban Development
Volume II: Urban Development
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Regional Sustainable Development and Natural Resource Decision-Making in India: Methods and Implications
Natural resources are sources of agriculture output, input in the production process, and recreation amenity. Traditionally, economic growth has been measured by gross domestic product (GDP). This measure of e...
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Urban and Regional Planning and Development: Introduction and Overview
This book is a festschrift in honor of Frank James Costa, a distinguished urban planner. The volume considers the urban and regional planning and development practice and experience in the twentieth century an...
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Frank James Costa: Professional Career and Contributions
This historical essay is written to celebrate the more than five decades of urban planning and geography career of Dr. Frank James Costa at the University of Akron, describing the challenges and successes alon...
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Public Debt and Regional Inequality in India: Spatial Planning Implications
The Indian economy has shown a high rate of growth of gross domestic product of 7.56% during 2015–16 relative to 6.69% during 2011–12. In the post-liberalization economic era the size of fiscal debt has been s...
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Introduction: Urban Development
This book is the second volume of a two-volume festschrift in honor of Professor Baleshwar Thakur – titled “Spatial Diversity and Dynamics in Resources and Urban Development.” The volume is intended to provide...
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Baleshwar Thakur: Professional Career and Contributions
This chapter is a discussion of the growth, evolution, and contribution of Baleshwar Thakur (B.T.) to Indian geographic research. He is a doyen among Indian geographers and has been an acclaimed teacher, schol...
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Recent Studies in Regional Urban Systems in India: Trends, Patterns and Implications
An urban system is defined as a network of towns, cities and its hinterland characterized by exchange and interdependence. These cities and towns are arranged in a hierarchical settlement pattern within the de...
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Regional determinants of research and development institutions in India
This paper provides an understanding of the regional determinants of research and development (R&D) institutions in India. R&D facilities locate across regions in response to factors such as: science and techn...
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Introduction: Regional Resources
Natural resources are attributes found in nature such as coal, wilderness, water, soil, and air that can be used as factors of production. A resource is a means to an end. Although resources are plentiful, the...
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Baleshwar Thakur: Professional Career and Contributions
This chapter is a discussion of the growth, evolution, and contribution of Baleshwar Thakur (B.T.) to Indian geographic research. He is a doyen among Indian geographers and has been an acclaimed teacher, schol...
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Identification of Regional Fundamental Economic Structure (FES) of India: An Input-Output and Field of Influence Approach
The Indian economy is large, with over a billion in population in 2001 (Census of India 2001), and the various regional divisions are characterized by a high degree of heterogeneity. There has been a growing c...
