Emerging New Industrial Spaces and Regional Developments in India: Japanese Studies on South Asia No. 5

Emerging New Industrial Spaces and Regional Developments in India: Japanese Studies on South Asia No.5

By- H. Okahashi (ed.)

India has accomplished rapid economic growth after liberalization of its economy. This volume studies the social and economic development on a regional and local scale, focusing on industrial estates, which have played an important role in attracting investment and in forming prosperous industrial clusters.

An intensive field survey was conducted on two large-scale industrial estates – Pithampur in MP and NOIDA in NCR – to study the regional development based on industrialization.

Two key industries, automobile and software, are analysed on a national level to study the present conditions and development potential of these sectors. The analyses is supported by thematic maps concerning the geography of tehse industries.

The volume provides a comparative analysis of the underdeveloped and metropolitan regions and gives special attention to industrial development, labour market charcteristics, infrastructure development, urban growth, and the transformation of neighbouring villages.

Comparing India with Japan, the volume details the problem and future prospects of the Indian industrialization.

  

Hidenori Okahashi is Professor of Human Geography at Hiroshima University, Japan and Director of Hiroshima University Museum.

ISBN  81-7304-733-2    2008   198p.   Rs.525/ pounds 35

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