Volume : 2, Issue : 5, MAY 2016

APPRAISAL OF MULTIFACETED URBAN DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH 24 PARGANAS, WEST BENGAL- A CASE STUDY

Jhantu Saradar, Dr. Sukla Hazra

Abstract

North 24 Parganas District, lying in the deltaic Bengal, comprises of several rivers, tidal channels, wetlands and premature deltaic lowland. Geographically, it is a bordering district of West Bengal, which is highly affected by migration at the time of independence of India. Rapid population growth due to high birthrate and migration as well occupy a social space of the region. Galloping urbanization takes place in haphazard manner. The work aims to measure the urban development and its impact on the status of the blocks of the district. For this study IRS LISS III images were used. For ground truthing, some strategic location of study area was taken from satellite images and Global Positioning System (GPS) survey. Census data of 2001 and statistical handbooks of 2008 were used for population density zoning. The correlations between different variables like population density, road density, educational facility, health facility, banking and transport etc. were calculated.

Keywords

Urban development, Imperviousness, Multiple correlations, Dendrogram.

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