Regional planning in India: A Review

Abstract

Spatial development is taking place in an accelerated scale in the developing countries. It is no more restricted to urban boundary. Economies of agglomeration are stretching the geographic limits beyond urban and rural periphery to a greater region. It’s not unusual for many developed economies but the scale and magnitude of such expansion is never experienced before. Regional expansion has many consequences in economy, environment and society. But it also has reasonable connection with globalization and global economic movement. The juxtaposition of global connection and local delivery makes it an interesting topic to study. India being one of the rapidly growing major economies can learn from the experience of already developed economies about the regional spatial connotation of economic growth. The course provides a learning practice from the global case studies about the opportunity, challenges, and achievement. With the implementation of industrial corridor, India will experience drastic change in regional networking. Regionalization has never become important in India before. The course will create a structured debate on India’s probable strategies for regional growth.