Urban settlements

urban settlements

1. Urban Settlement
High population
mostly dependent on non agricultural sectors.
Urban settlements are mostly nucleated
settlements.
The economic and cultural characteristics of
urban settlements are entirely different from
that of rural regions.
The transition of population from rural agrarian
economy to urban industrial and service sector
economy is termed as Urbanisation.

2. •The urban population of india 31.16% as per
the 2011 cencus.
•The proportion of urban population is different
in different states of india.
•Goa- 62.17%
•Himachal pradesh-10.04%
•Kerala- 47.72%
•Delhi-97.50%
•The urban population is generally high in UTs

3. Criteria for urban area
•Population above 5000
•Density of population above 400/sq.km
•75% or more of the population should be
engaged in non agricultural activities.
•in addition, urban administrative headquarters
like muncipalities and corporations, military
contonments

4. Classification of urban
crntres based on population

5. •Town- Small urban centres having a population
of less than 1 lakh
•City- Urban centres having population between
1 lakh to 10 lakh. Eg : Trivandrum,
•Metropolis- Big cities having a population of
more than 10 lakh eg: Jaipur, Luknow,
coimbature
•Megacity- Urban complex formed by the union
of a number of cities and having a population of
above 50 lakh. Eg: Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore

6. Classification of urban centres
based on functions
•Administration
•Industry
•Education
•Tourism
•Religion/Culture

7. Problems faced by urban
centres
•There has manifold increase in the migration
from rural to urban areas.
•The population of big cities is more than what
they can provide.
Problems
1.Slums
2.Traffic problems
3.pollutions
4.Lack of space
5.Over exploitation of resources

8. How we can control the
problems of urban area?
•Urban Planning
•Waste management
•promote cycling
•promote public transportation
•Limit no of vehicles