Urban trends: A case study of Karnataka

G Ramanna; Ashok D Hanjagi

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DOI: 10.53989/bu.ge.v8i1.6

Year: 2019, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-24

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Urban trends: A case study of Karnataka

G Ramanna¹, Ashok D Hanjagi²

¹Research Scholar, Department of Geography, Bangalore University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
²Professor & Chairman, Department of Geography, Bangalore University, Bangalore, Karnataka,
India

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Abstract

Towns and cities play a greater role in regional development of a state or country. A settlement with more than 75% of pupulation other than agricultural activites can be termed as town. Karnataka has good number of towns and cities but lack in million cities. Bangalore is the only million city, it is located in the most southern part of Karnataka. Urban influence is of varying nature, it may have its influence of agriculture, on industry, on administration and also on certain services like medical, cultural including educational, recretional, etc. The secondary data are collected from various government organizations the trend in which the towns and cities of Karnataka expanded and the urban agglomeration in the 2011 is given emphasis in this paper.

Keywords: Urban agglomeration; urban primacy; urbanization

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