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082 _a333.31 Tha
100 _a"Thakur, Binda."
245 0 _aLand utilization and urbanization : The rural urban fringe.
260 _aNew Delhi
260 _bDeep & Deep.
260 _c1991
300 _a220 p.
520 _aIn the settlement continuum, there is no point where urbanity ends and rurality begins. Urbanity fades away gradually and rurality overtakes it. This means that the dichotomy is more a fancy than a reality. The rural-urban dichotomy is anachronous and pragmatic. In the real world situations, there exists a fickle sub-urban transition zone which in most cases surrounds the town. As an urban centre sprawls or explodes the transitional band goes on expanding simultaneously. This third entity known as the rural-urban fringe is a normative reality of the settlement. The present study intends to examine the various aspects the fringe. It purports to portray the characteristics of land utilization and urbanization in the fringe.
650 _aLand use India
942 _cB
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