Overview
Why have India's development efforts failed? Is India too poor of a country to provide adequate housing and public services for its people? Indiresan addresses these questions and argues that the cause of India's poverty is a degraded environment, and that economic prosperity can become a reality if a higher quality urban environment is created. In a comprehensive and unique manner, this book combines the management technique of SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis and the hierarchy of the Maslow needs model (physical, security, social, autonomy and self-actualization needs) with the basic supply-demand theory of economics to suggest a new perspective to the problem of development. Managing Development will be an invaluable source for students, scholars and professionals interested in development studies, policy studies, sociology, and urban studies.
Editorials
From the Publisher
'The book has been written in a racy, provocative style. It will undoubtedly be read with pleasure by a wide ranging class of readers. The author's hope that development scientists will find it useful.' - Telematics India'Borrowing ideas liberally from psychology, physics, economic theory of management, and geography - not to mention his own discipline of electrical engineering - Indiresan has tried to open up a meaningful development path for India...the book integrates many ideas that either analyse some current problems or indicate new policy proposals.' - The Hindu