Geography: Introduction- district and decentralized planning,district planning-conceptual framework,the evolution of thinking about district planning,district planning: praxis and perspective,decentralized planning & demarcation of planning responsibilities, district decentralization planning,district planning and decentralization in eighth plan period,spatial planning concepts and analytical techniques in the context of decentralized planning,agro climatic regional planning: concepts,achievements and future directions,strategies for democratic decentralization of agriculture development and panchayati raj in indian,some notes on centre- state relations and purposive decentralized planning,decentratized district planning in gujarat,decentralized district planning : west bengal scenario,legislative behaviour and the reversal of democratic decetralization in maharashtra,panchayati raj revival- implications and imperatives,planning through panchayati raj institutions: thrust towards resource mobilization,participative politics and the planning process,overview of decentralized planning experience and prospects,decentralization of the planning process: econometric optimization and democratic optimism in india