Housing:

Housing:Overcrowding leads to a chronic problem of shortage of houses in urban areas. This problem is specifically more acute in those urban areas where there is large influx of...

MAJOR PROBLEMS OF URBANISATION IN INDIA

MAJOR PROBLEMS OF URBANISATION IN INDIA Although India is one of the less urbanized countries of the world with only per cent of her population living in urban agglomerations/towns,...

IMPACT OF URBANISATION ON STATUS OF WOMEN

IMPACT OF URBANISATION ON STATUS OF WOMENStatus of women in urban areas is higher than that of women in rural areas. Urban women are comparatively more educated and liberal....

SOCIO ECONOMIC ISSUES RELATED TO URBANISATIONAnother important aspect that emerges from the analysis is that the process of urbanisation does not support the theoretical transition pattern and hence is...

SOCIO ECONOMIC ISSUES RELATED TO URBANISATION

CASTE IN URBAN INDIAWith Growing secularisation caste bonds have weakened and gave more importance to class structure in urban areas. Generally caste is thought to be a phenomenon of...

CASTE IN URBAN INDIA

CASTE IN URBAN INDIAWith Growing secularisation caste bonds have weakened and gave more importance to class structure in urban areas. Generally caste is thought to be a phenomenon of...

URBANIZATION AND SECULARIZATION

URBANIZATION AND SECULARIZATIONIn the urban areas caste norms have been flexible with regard to the selection of mates. There have been increasing opportunities for the free mixing of young...

SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECT OF GROWTH OF URBAN SETTLEMENTS:

SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECT OF GROWTH OF URBAN SETTLEMENTS:Urbanization has been viewed as an important force of social change in India; this process has, on the one hand, meant economic growth,...

URBANIZATION AND MIGRATION

URBANIZATION AND MIGRATIONThe commission again points out that besides releasing the surplus labour from the rural areas, for the landless labourers, harijans and adivasis these cities provide the opportunities...

Spatial Pattern:

Spatial Pattern:Spatial disparities have marked the Indian urban scenario. These disparities emerged mainly due to regional disparities, imbalanced population concentration and sometimes because of the change in the census...