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100 1 _aFazal, Shahab.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aLand Use Dynamics in a Developing Economy
_h[electronic resource] :
_bRegional Perspectives from India /
_cby Shahab Fazal.
264 1 _aDordrecht :
_bSpringer Netherlands :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2013.
300 _aVI, 96 p. 19 illus., 14 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aSpringerBriefs in Geography,
_x2211-4165
505 0 _aFrom 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.
520 _aToday, 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 book investigates the land transformation and the driving forces which were influencing the land transformation. The present study was done on peri urban interface (PUI) of Aligarh city, a relatively small city, but as other north Indian cities, it is also expanding rapidly. Moreover, it too is surrounded by a populous rural area with productive and rich agricultural hinterland. Such conditions give rise to many conflicts and mutually beneficial complementarities in the rural and urban spheres. The result shows that the demand for land is high. This results in informal urban development fulfilling the requirements of many of the city’s residents. Every piece of land is a tradable commodity, and the pursuit of short-term profits is the predominant ethic. The actors in PUI are strong because it is characterized by intermixing of rural and urban activities and interests as well as the number of actors are greater than in any other area.
650 0 _aGeography.
650 0 _aRegional planning.
650 0 _aArchitecture.
650 0 _aEnvironmental economics.
650 0 _aDemography.
650 0 _aHuman Geography.
650 1 4 _aGeography.
650 2 4 _aLandscape/Regional and Urban Planning.
650 2 4 _aEconomic Geography.
650 2 4 _aUrbanism.
650 2 4 _aHuman Geography.
650 2 4 _aDemography.
650 2 4 _aEnvironmental Economics.
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776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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830 0 _aSpringerBriefs in Geography,
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856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5255-9
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