Question : Slums and squatter settlements.
(1994)
Answer : A slum denotes a residential area where the dwellings by reason of dilapidation, over crowding , faulty arrangement of design, lack of ventilation, light and sanitary facilities or any combination of factors are detrimental to safety, health and morals. According to the estimates of Town and Country Planning Organization, about 21.2% of India's urban population lives in slums. This proportion is even higher in metropolitan cities like Kolkata, Mumbai, etc.
The origin and development of slums ....
Question : Delineation of Urban fringe.
(2007)
Answer : The term rural-urban fringe has been used to designate a zone of discontinuity between city and country in which rural and urban land-uses are mixed. The absence of a clear break between rural and urban conditions is a feature of the modern city. The rural-urban fringe can be viewed as an area of invasion in which population density is increasing rapidly and land values are rising.
Rural-urban fringe has been a characteristic feature of western cities, ....
Question : Concept of primate city
(2005)
Answer : One of the earliest generalizations concerning the size distribution of cities is the concept of primate city given by M.Jefferson in 1939.
According to him, the primate city is a country’s leading city and is several times larger than the second ranking city. He believed that once a city is larger than the other it gets an advantage over the other cities to grow more rapidly with the help of large scale in-migration & it becomes ....
Question : Bring out the contrast between the internal structure of the pre-industrial and industrial cities.
(1999)
Answer : G. Sjoberg in the his book 'The pre-Industrial City' has attempted to examine the structure of urban settlements both in Europe and elsewhere in the world prior to the impact of large scale industrialisation. In his work he has made generalisations about the form of society and urbanisation before the modern era. His pre-industrial city represents a stage in the evolution of the city, mainly the western one.
Pre-industrial cities are product of their societies and ....
Question : Discuss the major international streams of migration in the world in recent times and account for the relationship that exists between population pressure areas and migration prospects.
(1995)
Answer : Migration may be interpreted as spontaneous effort to achieve a better balance between population and resources. It is defined as a movement of population involving a change of permanent residence of substantial duration. It is a sensitive index of geographical analysis of population change and changing pattern of economic opportunities in any area.
Push Pull Theory: Last 50 years or so have seen a considerable degree of international migrations. Generally speaking inequalities of one kind or ....
