Category Archives: Urban Studies

Growth and Development cames at a Huge Cost:A Case Study of Chandrapur,India

Growth and development in the form of industrialisation, urbanisation, power production and coal mining may have brought Chandrapur into the list of developing cities, but like other evolving cities, this growth has come at a huge cost. Not only has … Continue reading

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Counter-urbanisation

Counter-urbanisation is the movement of people out of cities, to the surrounding areas. Since 1950 this process has been occurring in More Economically Developed Countries. There are four main reasons for counter-urbanisation: 1. The increase in car ownership over the … Continue reading

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Fastest Growing City:Dhaka

Global Post reports that Dhaka is fastest growing urban centre of the world. Read here

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Future Indian City Lavasa brought to You by GIS

Lavasa, a hill city currently under development near Pune, is setting up the benchmark for future Indian cities. The core idea of Lavasa master plan is to create a hill city to Live – Learn – Work – Play. Lavasa … Continue reading

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