Indian Cities Ecological Perspectives

Karnataka was a pioneering State in local governance and decentralization. It was the first state to recommend constitutional amendment to strengthen local governments in the country in the early 80s and brought to the national attention the new era of panchayats since 1987. Karnataka showed the path and Rajiv Gandhi took it forward by introducing the Constitutional Amendment to give constitutional status to the Panchayats, making them the institutions of self-government. This book is the outcom