Introduction to Rural Settlements
Published on 30. June 2001
377 pages
978-93-5439-725-7 (ISBN)
Description
The theoretical aspects of Rural Settlement geography have been regimented for the study of Indian villages which have passed through the change of environmental scenario. Its rural population of over 600 million witness thousands of rural settlements washed away in the furry of floods and bear the agonies of drought and breakout of fire annually. The inhabitants display a remarkable resilience in the process of settlement and resettlement characterised by great regional variations in the form, type and patterns of rural settlements and housing conditions. These situations have changed as witnessed the habitat year of 1987 and the world strategy of shelter. The rural service centres and central places form the nucleus of settlement growth. The major contributors in the field of rural settlements, models and the size and spacing have also been delineated.
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By R. B. Mandal
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Halftitle
- By the same Author
- Title
- Copyright
- Preface to First Edition
- Preface to Second Edition
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Introduction to Rural Settlement
- Approaches and Principles of Rural Settlement Geography
- Models in Rural Settlement Geography
- Applied Quantitative Methods of Rural Settlement Geography
- Ecology of Planned Rural Settlements
- The United Nations and Human Settlements
- Geographical Information System (GIS) and Rural Settlements
- Eminent Contributors in the Field of Rural Settlements
- Environmental Relations with Human Settlements
- Remote Sensing and Rural Settlements
- Types of Rural Settlements
- Distribution of Rural Settlements
- Size and Spacing of Rural Settlements
- Rural Dwellings and House Types
- Social Morphology and Spatio-Functional Organization of Rural Space
- Transportation Linkages and Rural Community Development
- Central Place Hierarchy
- Rural Urban Divide
- Strategy for Growth of Rural Settlements
- Questionnaire on Spatial Organization and Planning of Rural Settlements
- Bibliography
- BCover
