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Very first settlement after adaption of agriculture was around rivers. These river valley settlements have definite birth and extinction by various factors. They are the early settlements and starting point of urbanization. Any urbanization attracts migration due to opportunities created by social grouping. Tracing of Historical development in these settlements give clear picture of urbanization process. They also become places of study for human achievements in terms of architecture, urbanization, social, political and economic developments. Conserving these precincts for posterity becomes the prime necessity. These settlements are ignored in developmental process. Water conservation and distribution of scarce resource lead to complexities indecision making in projects. Frequent floods impacts on normal life. Planning in river valley, calls for addressing developmental process in multi layers of decision making involving various specialized agencies. Government needs advice on these issues by past experiences in similar situations. An attempt is made to understand these forces for conducive developmental process in changing times. Krishna valley region is chosen as it experiencing rapid migration tendencies and change of climatic conditions along with changing river course due to soil erosion and levels of water courses. This article Concludes in organizational and strategic decision making systems for positive development and conservation of settlements of historic value

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Wood River Valley's Mining Origins -- 2. Early Settlement -- 3. The Oregon Short Line Railroad Arrives in 1883 -- 4. Philadelphia Smelter Becomes Economic Force -- 5. Agriculture Becomes the Valley's Economic Base -- 6. Ketchum before the Arrival of Sun Valley -- 7. The Union Pacific Opens Sun Valley in 1936 -- Bibliography.

"In the beginning of the twentieth century, the Connecticut River Valley was a thriving manufacturing hub for fabric, arms and brass. But early in the spring of 1936, nearly two feet of rain created havoc on a massive scale, killing more than one hundred people and leaving tens of thousands homeless, unemployed and without power for weeks. Patrols were conducted in rowboats on city streets. Typhoid and other public health issues complicated recovery efforts. Adjusted for today's standard, damage estimates exceeded $9 billion, and the flood helped launch FDR's Flood Control Act of 1936. Dams, reservoirs and dikes were constructed to control future flooding. Much of that system now remains in place but has gone largely unmaintained. Author Josh Shanley recounts the greatest flood in New England history and examines the potential for future floods"--Back cover