IAS (Admin.) Mains Geography Settlements- India-Types, Patterns and Morphology of Rural Settlements Study Material (Page 3 of 21)

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Rural Settlements: Evolution and Growth of Rural Settlements

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Evolution and Growth of Rural Settlements

Also, refer “Evolution and Growth of Rural Settlements” in “Settlement Geography” in “Human and Economic Geography” . With reference to Indian context, following two models have been discussed:

Stage Model by Beena Srivastava and R. Ramachandran

This model has been devised based on the following factors, which change the villages:

  • Spatial interaction of villages with towns
  • Social interactions among the population
  • Physical characteristics of a region like location and types of housing, infrastructure etc.
  • Economic activities of people like, type of agriculture, occupation etc.

Based on above factors, following stages determine accessibility to vill…

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Urban Settlement: Definition of Urban Area in India, Urban Agglomeration

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Definition of Urban Area in India

Census of India 2001, adopted the following definition of urban area:

  • All statutory places with municipality, corporation, cantonment board, or notified town area committee.
  • Place satisfying the following three criteria simultaneously:
    • Minimum population of 5,000 (in 1991 census, minimum population of 4,000 was required)
    • Minimum 75% of male working population eng…

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