Land Use Dynamics in a Developing Economy Regional Perspectives from India /
Today, India still remains a rural agricultural country although the share of urban population has also increased. But these figures do not tell the whole story. There are evidences that urban growth is dispersed and urban sprawl promotes the spread of urban land use into the rural-urban fringe. The...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013. |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs in Geography,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5255-9 |
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Table of Contents:
- From the Contents: What is ‘urban’ and what is ‘rural’?
- Outside the city boundaries: the areas surrounding urban centers
- Methodology and Data Sources.-Conceptualizing Peri-Urban interface
- Peri-Urban Interactions
- The Study Area
- Land in Aligarh’s Pui
- Factors Influencing Land Transformation
- Actors and Their Role in Pui Land Transformation.