Subject(s): Urbanization -- Government policy -- Urban development: issues and concerns -- Open spaces in urban India -- Quality of life in urban area -- Urban environment -- Paradox of contemporary urbanization -- Urban problems -- Urban governance -- Solid waste collection and management -- Urban families : Left-behind parents in Jammu -- School education -- Forced migration -- Kashmiri pandit migrants in Jammu city -- Marginalization and inequality in urban Punjab -- urban politics -- Urban housing -- Social obligation and political advantage -- Globalizing cities -- urban infrastructure for sustainability