Author: Malhotra, D. D. (Din Dayal) ; editor:
Title: Control of Urban Building Activity
Description: New Delhi, Centre for Urban Studies, 1980. orig.boards. 22x14cm, xvi,242 pp.. Binding corners bumped & rubbed. Good. ¶ Contains 24 papers. Includes: Development controls & building activity: Urban development perspective; Urban planning & building control: Search for an approach; Issues in controlling urban building activiites; Development control: Built-up areas & mixed land-use zoning; Land-use control in Old Delhi; Residential areas & incidence of socio-economic facilities in the Walled City: A case study of Hyderabad; Approach towards control of building bulk, appearance & shape; Optimization of nature of building designs & land-uses; Squatting on public lands; Relocation of squatters in Delhi: Quest for a policy; Slum & squatter settlement: A case study of Kanpur; Development controls & implementation machinery; Inadequecies in building regulations & remedial measures for effecting control of urban building activities; Development control: Some problems of enforcement; Municipal enforcement machinery: Mysore City; Land-use control & its enforcement in West Bengal; Control of urban building activities in Uttar Pradesh; Unauthorised constructions & control in urban building activities in Delhi; etc.

Keywords: Indian Urban Policy, Building Control, Construction, Development, Squatter Settlement, Squatters, City Regulation, Municipal Housing, Enforcement, India South Asia