This two-volume survey in economic geography conducted by the Indian Council of Social Science
Research aims to understand spatial organization vis-Ã-vis socio-economic development. Within
this framework the survey evaluates India's economic growth presently centered on the system
of relatively few large cities in the midst of innumerable villages and small towns. It
underlines the need to reverse the dominant concentration of economic activity around urban
centers and to integrate the development of small towns and villages.
