Settlement Geography

Subject Matter

An Overview

Approaches to the Study

Site

Types of Houses

Slums 

Our Urban Realm Turning into Big Slum?

Slums are Manifestation of Urban Poverty

Trends and Patterns of Urbanization

Archaeological Discoveries from Nile Valley

Archaeological Discoveries of Indus Valley

First Urbanization in India:Indus Valley

Why Indus Valley Civilization Declined?

Rural Urban Continuum 

Rural-Urban Fringe

Early Urban Hearths

Age of Town Scheme of Griffith Taylor and an Asian Perspective from Chanakya’s Arthashastra

Von Thunen Model

Sector Model

Multiple Nuclei Model

Concentric Zone Model

Classification of Cities by Chauncy D. Harris

 Howard Nelson’s Classification of Cities

Problems of Cities

Settlement Planning

Urban Sociology Theories

Urban Systems

Process,Pattern and Functions of Human Settlement

Village: Basic Unit of Settlement

Rural Settlements in India

Traditional Settlement Patterns in Rural India and Need For Settlement Planning

Types and forms of rural houses in India

Some Shelters For Natural Disasters

A New Urban Order

Integration of Migrants in Small and Medium Cities

Making a City: Politics, Power and Democracy Putting GIS to Work in Today’s City Top Ten Urban Innovations According to World Economic Forum Some City Problems of Kolkata Rural Service Centres : An Overview