Tag: urbanisation : causes and consequences

Calcutta is not an example of India's ancient town. This is because there is no ancient history associated with the state. Its history is associated and is limited only to the Britisher's time. Calcutta was the capital of British India. It was famous for its river port for trade and commerce with the rest of the world. Further, if we talk about Prayagraj, Patliputra, and Varanasi, these states have an ancient history. 

A place where one inhabits or establishes a community to lead his life is called a settlement. Place should possess supportive characteristics to act as an ideal place for settlement like good water facilities, favourable climatic conditions, good government policies, employment opportunities and transportation.

A place where one inhabits or establishes a community to lead his life is called a settlement. Urban settlement is nothing but people living in towns. People of urban settlement involve themselves mostly in business and manufacturing activities because it provides good opportunities to secondary and tertiary sectors.

Isolated dwellings occupy the bottom position in hierarchical settlement based on the population size. These are the smallest human settlements. The whole settlement consists of only 1 or 2 households.

In a settlement which concentrates on agricultural economy, land plays an important factor affecting settlement. There should be proper distribution of land resources and also possess spatial structure suitable to agriculture.

Process of developing towns and making an area more urban is called urbanisation. Lot of people tend to settle in urban areas for good employment opportunities. Though urbanisation resulted in increased comfort and luxury of people, it also caused negative effects like congestion or crowding due to increased informal human settlement in urban areas, power blackouts etc.

Process of developing towns and making an area more urban is called urbanisation. It results in movement of people from rural areas to urban areas. Lot of people tend to settle in urban areas for good employment opportunities. Though urbanisation resulted in increased comfort and luxury of people, it also caused negative effects like congestion or crowding due to increased informal human settlement in urban areas, power blackouts etc.

Conurbation occupies the highest position in the hierarchical human settlement. It comprises of large cities, towns and other urban areas that merge due to physical expansion caused by increased population, to form one continuous industrially developed area.

A functional zone is an area designated for only one kind of activity. Example industrial zone, residential zone, recreational zone etc. The land is divided in two ways, by its physical characteristics, and by its function.

A factor in the abiotic environment that influences the growth and development of an organism is called the physical factors. For example river, climate, soil, currents, flora, fauna etc.