
Ills of Urbanization in Developing Economy
A Case Study
Shahab Fazal(Author)
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Published on 23. September 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-3-8383-9972-0 (ISBN)
Description
Settlement refers to the occupation of land for human living space. Settlements are places where people live and to which they bring materials for consumption and for transformation into other objects. Activities in settlements place demands on other lands and produce wastes out of proportion to their size. As land cover, settlement represents the most profound alteration of the natural environment by people, through the imposition of structures. Settlements also create demands that lead to other land-cover changes. The area of land actually covered by the structures of settlements is small, but it nevertheless marks the most massive change in the flows of energy, water, and materials on the earth's surface. The study analyzes the impact on physical (abiotic) eco system i.e. Land - Air - Water due to urbanization process in a growing urban centre in India.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Germany
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
233 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8383-9972-0 (9783838399720)
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Shahab Fazal is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Aligarh Muslim University, India. His research interests are in Land use - Land transformation issues in urban fringe, Remote Sensing and GIS. He has published Eight books and Forty research articles in various international and National journals.