A Study on District of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India
Available online a t www.scholarsresearchlibrary.com Scholars Research Library Archives of Applied Science Research, 2012, 4 (5):2052-2067 (http://scholarsresearchlibrary.com/archive.html) ISSN 0975-508X CODEN (USA) AASRC9 Urbanisation and Consistency Measurement: A Study on District of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India Suman Paul 1 and Kanan Chatterjee 2 1Department of Geography, Krishnagar Govt. College, West Bengal, India 2 Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, Calcutta _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT The District of North 24 Parganas has high urbanized history in comparison to other parts of West Bengal, India. However, the district experienced a remarkable rate of urban growth both in terms of urban population and urban centres immediately after its independence in 1951. This paper analyses the urban growth in North 24 Parganas to have an in-depth understanding about them. Firstly, the growth trends of the level of urbanization. Secondly, P.S. / C.D. Blocks were examined from two different standpoints. In the first place all the P.S. / C.D. Blocks were tested to determine ‘how urban the urban centres are’ on the basis of total urban population, total urban area, urban population density and urban spacing. In the second place a consistency test was carried out on P.S. / C.D. Blocks during 1951-2001 to measure ‘how consistent the P.S. / C.D. Blocks are’. Hence a comparison was made between the level of urbanization and several aspects of urbanization namely total urban population, total urban area, urban population density and urban spacing. Key words: Urbanisation, urban spacing, consistency, aspects. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION Among the most significant changes now affecting mankind of developing countries is the ever-increasing level of urbanization as well as the number of urban centres.
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