RURAL-URBAN SETTLEMENTS

RURAL-URBAN SETTLEMENTS

Distinction, Population, Urban Area, Urban Agglomeration, Conurbation, Urban Sprawl, Ribbon settlement, Infill, Metropolis, Megalopolis.

AN URBAN SETTLEMENT- OBSERVE

NOTICE THE CHANGES IN A RURAL SETTLEMENT. WHAT IS MISSING? WHAT IS NOT MISSING?

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Minimum population required to be called an urban settlement in India?

• 2500

• 5000

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People mostly engaged in agriculture / primary activities in-

• RURAL SETTLEMENTS

• URBAN SETLEMENTS

FACETS OF RURAL LIFE IN INDIA

NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE IN URBAN POPULATION OF INDIA- AMBITIONS, LIFESTYLE, AMENITIES, QUALITY OF LIFE.

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Nuclear famlies are mostly observed in-

• RURAL POPULATIONS

• URBAN POPULATIONS

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Last population census of India was taken in-

• 1991

• 2011

URBAN AREA- DEFINITION (CENSUS 2011)

According to Census 2011, definition of an URBAN AREA is as follows:

1. All places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment board or notified town area committee, etc.

2. All other places which satisfied the following criteria:

i) A minimum population of 5,000;

ii) At least 75 per cent of the male main working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits; and

iii) A density of population of at least 400 persons per sq. km. 

URBAN AGGLOMERATION

• The Census of India 2011 has defined Urban Agglomeration as an integrated urban area consisting of a core town together with it's outgrowths (contiguous suburbs).

CONURBATION

Term coined by PATRICK GEDDES in his book CITIES IN EVOLUTION (1915).

A polycentric contiguous/continuous urban or industrially developed area comprising a number of metropolises, cities, large towns, and other urban areas.

Usually, transportation links are developed to connect different labour markets/work areas.

OTHER EXAMPLES OF CONURBATIONS: TOKYO, NEW YORK, SAO PAULO (Brazil)

URBAN SPRAWL

Urban sprawl can be defined as urban development with low-density housing, both residential and commercial, segregated land-use, high level of automobile use combined with lack of public transport, which is in high demand for land (Johnson, 2001).

It is the unrestricted use of urban areas over large expanses of land with little concern for urban planning.

RIBBON SETTLEMENT

Following Industrial Revolution, ribbon development became prevalent along railway lines.

Building of houses along routes of communications radiating from a human settlement.

Settlements around Noida Expressway, Dwarka-Gurgaon Expressway

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Which settlement pattern do you notice here?

• COASTAL

• SPRAWL

• RIBBON

INFILL

In urban planning, infill is the reclamation of land in an urban environment to new construction.

It also involves construction on any undeveloped land.

It is also called LAND RECYCLING.

It is a solution for economical use of existing infrastructure and remedy for urban sprawl.

In developing countries, it is a solution for SMART GROWTH.

REDEVELOPMENT THROUGH URBAN INFILL PROCESS A NECESSITY IN CITIES LIKE MUMBAI

METROPOLIS

From the Green word 'MOTHER CITY'.

It is a large city, which is a significant economic, political and cultural center for a country or region.

It is characterised by a densely populated urban core and less-populated surrounding territories under the same administrative system.

Presence of a 'METRO' is key.

The most striking feature of urban development in India has been the significant growth of metropolitan cities as compared to small and medium sized towns.

E.G. TOP 5- Tokyo, Shanghai, Jakarta, Delhi and Seoul.

MEGALOPOLIS

• Typically a chain of roughly adjacent metropolitan areas, i.e. a cluster of well-networked cities.

• It is a large conurbation, where two or more large cities have sprawled outward to meet, forming something larger than a metropolis- a MEGA CITY.

• MEGA CITIES are also called MILLION PLUS CITIES which are urban areas with more than 10 million population.

• E.G. Mumbai-Pune-Nasik, Delhi-Gurgaon-Greater Noida.

THANK YOU!

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URBAN AREA WITH MANY WELL-CONNECTED METRO CITIES IS CALLED-

• METROPOLIS

• MEGALOPOLIS