Urban growth can refer to any type of growth of the urban environment.

• Population 

Cities Generally have a big population though it is not a prerequisite for an urban area.

• Land Area

Most of the cities are big sprawling settlements.

• Intensive Land Use

With diversifying economy the land use of the city changes and intesifies.

Cities grow because societies are better organised than the individuals that make them. A society needs places to operate, manifest, recognise, and reproduce. The city is the place of society, opportunity, exchange and, therefore, of knowledge. It is a space to belong.Through its expansion, over time, the city from limited conurbation has become a region, then a whole territory. Since long time, the historical clear separation between Urbs and Orbs, between the city and “the everything else”, has been outmoded. Urban areas work as a fabric, the urban fabric is the physical form of towns and cities. Like textiles, urban fabric comes in many different types and weaves. There is a rapid growth in urban population which Calls for Innovative Solutions

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