1. General outline and introduction
2. Why rural centre planning
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Rural centre planning- a short description
2.3 Rural centre planning versus other theories
2.4 Rural centres
2.5 Regional approach
2.6 Some concluding remarks
3 Some theoretical considerations
3.1 General theories of development and underdevelopment
3.2 Regional development theory
3.3 Rural development and planning
3.4 Spatial organization and central places
4. Planning procedures and techniques
4.1 The decision making process
4.2 Project development
4.3 Regionalization and decentralization
4.4 The system of rural centres
5. Sectoral planning
5.1 Water supply and sanitation
5.2 Rural electrification
5.3 Transport and communication
5.4 Health and nutrition
5.5 Education
5.6 Economic services
5.7 Rural industrialization
6. Community development and physical planning
6.1 Community development and labour intensive works programmes
6.2 Physical planning of rural centres
6.3 Planning standards and norms
6.4 Layout of settlements