Levels of Urbanization in Bangalore Urban District of Karnataka, India

Urbanization is a process and good indicator of development of a region. Bangalore Urban district has been experiencing an abnormal rate of urban growth in terms of population explosion increase in urban centres. This paper studies about the shuffling trends and levels of urbanization in Bangalore U...

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Main Authors: Puttalingaiah, Surendra, Irfan, Shahnin, Hanjagi, Ashok Devendrappa
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author Puttalingaiah, Surendra
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Hanjagi, Ashok Devendrappa
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description Urbanization is a process and good indicator of development of a region. Bangalore Urban district has been experiencing an abnormal rate of urban growth in terms of population explosion increase in urban centres. This paper studies about the shuffling trends and levels of urbanization in Bangalore Urban Districts of Karnataka. The study is based upon analysis of census data from 1901 to 2011. The entire study is based on Secondary data. Taluk is selected as basic unit of study investigation. As stated by 1901 Census data, the entire population of Bangalore Urban District was 3,84,601 which increased to 96,21,551 in 2011. The highest level of urbanization was seen in the year 1961 which was 17.7 %. While negative rate of urbanization was seen in the year 1971 i.e. -4.9%. The over most growth rate was seen in the year of 1951 that is 89.8% followed by 1981 i.e. 74.9 %. The rapid urbanization of Bangalore Urban District may raise many issues that might be positive and negative impact on the environment and even to human health and societal development. Thus, monitoring the trends and levels of urbanization will be a foremost task for the planners, administration, governmental and NGO’s for executing policies for the usage of resources and accommodate advancement simultaneously.
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spelling usm-478082020-11-11T03:40:49Z http://eprints.usm.my/47808/ Levels of Urbanization in Bangalore Urban District of Karnataka, India Puttalingaiah, Surendra Irfan, Shahnin Hanjagi, Ashok Devendrappa GF125 Cities. Urban geography Urbanization is a process and good indicator of development of a region. Bangalore Urban district has been experiencing an abnormal rate of urban growth in terms of population explosion increase in urban centres. This paper studies about the shuffling trends and levels of urbanization in Bangalore Urban Districts of Karnataka. The study is based upon analysis of census data from 1901 to 2011. The entire study is based on Secondary data. Taluk is selected as basic unit of study investigation. As stated by 1901 Census data, the entire population of Bangalore Urban District was 3,84,601 which increased to 96,21,551 in 2011. The highest level of urbanization was seen in the year 1961 which was 17.7 %. While negative rate of urbanization was seen in the year 1971 i.e. -4.9%. The over most growth rate was seen in the year of 1951 that is 89.8% followed by 1981 i.e. 74.9 %. The rapid urbanization of Bangalore Urban District may raise many issues that might be positive and negative impact on the environment and even to human health and societal development. Thus, monitoring the trends and levels of urbanization will be a foremost task for the planners, administration, governmental and NGO’s for executing policies for the usage of resources and accommodate advancement simultaneously. European Publisher 2019-10-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/47808/1/Levels%20of%20Urbanization%20in%20Bangalore%20Urban%20District%20of%20Karnataka%2C%20India.pdf Puttalingaiah, Surendra and Irfan, Shahnin and Hanjagi, Ashok Devendrappa (2019) Levels of Urbanization in Bangalore Urban District of Karnataka, India. European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences, 89. pp. 70-80. ISSN 2357-1330 https://www.europeanproceedings.com/proceedings/EpSBS/volumes/ich2019
spellingShingle GF125 Cities. Urban geography
Puttalingaiah, Surendra
Irfan, Shahnin
Hanjagi, Ashok Devendrappa
Levels of Urbanization in Bangalore Urban District of Karnataka, India
title Levels of Urbanization in Bangalore Urban District of Karnataka, India
title_full Levels of Urbanization in Bangalore Urban District of Karnataka, India
title_fullStr Levels of Urbanization in Bangalore Urban District of Karnataka, India
title_full_unstemmed Levels of Urbanization in Bangalore Urban District of Karnataka, India
title_short Levels of Urbanization in Bangalore Urban District of Karnataka, India
title_sort levels of urbanization in bangalore urban district of karnataka, india
topic GF125 Cities. Urban geography
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