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Land use and socio-economic responses to urban encroachment on agricultural land – a study of an Indian urban-rural fringe

In: Geografický časopis, vol. 65, no. 4
Kamal Asif - Hifzur Rahman
Detaily:
Rok, strany: 2013, 289 - 314
Kľúčové slová:
urban encroachment, sprawl, urban fringe, demography, agricultural land use, migration, rural transformation, socio-economic change, north India
O článku:
This paper concerns the impacts of the phenomena of urban encroachment on agricultural land for urban purposes in the fringe areas of Aligarh city located in the plains of north India. In reality, it is a consequential phenomenon of urbanization characterized with predominance of non-agricultural pursuits, high density of population; fast pace of life, availability of improved civic amenities and affluences. The rapid land use and socio-economic changes in this transitional and sub-urban system often puzzled researchers in urban geography. The research work involves simulation and analysis of secondary as well as primary imperative data and information. The research aim of the study is to generate possible scenarios of physical and socio-cultural advancement. As a result, the city spreads out continuously over large areas, and the process of inclusion of rural lands continues to far and wide areas, for the use of urban activities and rural transformation. The paper analyses the data pertaining to demographic indicators like population, density, sex ratio, literacy and occupational structure, and agricultural land utilization, and ratio of agricultural and non-agricultural land use in the development blocks forming the urban fringe and sampled villages in the surroundings of Aligarh city. The data is computed and described with the help of percentages and statistical diagrams and maps. Thus, the results obtained prove the agreement that urban encroachment on agricultural lands has direct impact on socio-economic and spatial base of the urban rural fringe.
Ako citovať:
ISO 690:
Asif, K., Rahman, H. 2013. Land use and socio-economic responses to urban encroachment on agricultural land – a study of an Indian urban-rural fringe. In Geografický časopis, vol. 65, no.4, pp. 289-314. 0016-7193.

APA:
Asif, K., Rahman, H. (2013). Land use and socio-economic responses to urban encroachment on agricultural land – a study of an Indian urban-rural fringe. Geografický časopis, 65(4), 289-314. 0016-7193.