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    Growth of Megacities and Decline of Small Towns in India: Why it Demands Attention from Planners and Policy Makers
    (University of North Bengal, 2015) Chaudhuri, Sumita
    The slow growth of small towns and stagnation, decay and declassification of several such towns in a period of rapid urbanization in India is a phenomenon which have not received much attention from demographers or economic planners. The slow growth, stagnation or decay of a large number of small towns is a phenomenon which must be studied historically. The stagnation of small towns in the era of planned industrialization and urbanization deserves serious attention from planners and policy makers in India.