ผู้เขียน: T. R. Lakshmanan

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 25 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. Moonis Raza, until recently Director, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration is now Professor of Geography, Centre for Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. T. R. Lakshmanan is Professor of Geography and Director, Centre for Energy and Environment, Boston University, Boston, U.S.A. Raanan Weitz is Director, Settlement Studies Centre, Rehovot, Israel.