“In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity” -Erik Erikson In the context of modern territorially demarcated nation-states system, an individual without a ...

There is a sudden increase in the number of census towns in the last decade. The whole country underwent a huge urban transformation in terms of formation of Census Towns from 1362 settlements in 2001 to 3894 settlements ...

At the mid of September 2017, foundation stone laid of a huge public transportation project which is the Ahmedabad-Mumbai high-speed rail project in India with an ambition of its 1st run by 2022. It is the right opportunity ...

The rapid urbanization taking place in Asia since 1970 has exhibited a process different from that of the developed countries in the West (Daniel Z. Sui, 2000).Giving rise to small towns and urban growth centres. The ...

Rapid industrialisation helps in economic growth of developing countries. Iron and steel industry is the backbone of all the industries because it accelerates industrialisation. Railways, ship building, vehicles, heavy ...

Urbanization is a necessity of the current times. The world is expected to become more urbanized as we peek into future. However, urbanization has brought about changes – both positive and negative to the social, economic ...

Lakes and water bodies have always attracted and shaped many urban developments, resulting in a close and integrated water-city relation. Dramatic changes occurred due to the industrial revolution affecting the relationship ...

Growth of a city is a continuous and never-ending process. As it begins to grow, further agglomeration materializes and city emerges as an epicentre. Urbanization has acted as tipping point leading to humungous population ...

Ecosystem services are defined as the benefits that we obtain from an ecosystem. Rapid urbanisation has led to over utilization of resources which has led to degradation of ecosystems in turn affecting the services we ...

“Eco villages are established village communities that are shaped through conscious interaction of all their community members to develop selfidentified/sustainable communities committed to living in an ecologically,economically, ...