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Kashmir has been out of new for a long time except for the terrorist activities. In a very refreshing paper from Kashmir, Iftikhar A. Hakim appraises the process of preparation of Master Plan for Srinagar. In the paper, 'Appraisal of Master Plan Process in Kashmir, he studies the master plans of all towns in Kashmir, focuses on Srinagar and provides specific recommendations to overcome grey areas in the planning process.

'Rural Urban Development Strategy for Balancing Rural-Urban Relations in India: A Brief Review', by Sharmistha Swain, attempts to review the situation of the pre-independence period and discusses on the rural urban development strategies and their role in bringing balance. between the two.

In the last paper by Saswati Ghosh Belllappa, the potential of participatory mapping has een examined for the urban poverty alleviation projects. This paper, 'Participatory Mapping as a wool for Appraisal in Urban Poverty Alleviation Projects' concludes that the technique would be eneficial at all stages of programmes for the urban poor, even in the initial stage of preparation status reports.

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