Autor: J. H. J. Maeda

R. P. Misra, now Vice-chancellor of Allahabad University, is an eminent scholar of development studies, urban and regional planning and rural economics. Among the positions he has held are Professor of Geography and Director, Institute of Development Studies, University of Mysore; and Vice Director, United Nations Centre for Regional Development, Nagoya, Japan. Author of over ten books, and editor of twenty-five volumes on emerging development issues, he has been a frequent contributor to learned journals on regional planning, urban and rural development and environmental problems. While at the UNCRD, he undertook a multinational comparative study on regional development alternatives in predominantly rural societies. Eight countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America came under the marathon study involving painstaking on-the-spot investigations helped by local consultants and governments. This series of five volumes is the outcome of this pioneering effort. Chung-Tong Wu is Senior Lecturer, Department of Town and Country Planning, University of Sydney, Australia and David F. Ip is Lecturer in Sociology, University of Sydney, Australia. J. H. J. Maeda is Director, Institute of Development Studies, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.