Urban Geography

• Nature and Scope of Urban Geography
• Different Approaches and Recent Trends in Urban Geography
• Growth of Urban Settlements and Process of Urbanization
• Classification of Urban Settlements on the basis of Size and Function

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• Basic and Non-basic Functions,
• Concept of Dualism:

-Colonial and Postcolonial Structure,

-Metropolitan City and Changing Urban Function;

Role of Informal Sector in Urban Economy

• Organization of Urban Space:
• Urban Morphology and Landuse Structure:

-City Core,

-Commercial

-Industrial

-Residential Areas;     

• Morphology of Indian Urban Settlements
• Umland,
• City Sprawl,
• Urban Rural Fringe

• Contemporary Urban Issues:

      - poverty,

-Renewal,

-sprawl,

-slums;

-transportation,

-housing, urban infrastructure,

-urban environment,

-urban crime,

-environmental pollutions and solid waste

• Urban Policy and Planning in India:

-Urban Policy,

-Contemporary Issues in Urban Planning,

-Globalization and Urban Planning,

-JNUNURM,

-Garden Cities,

-Sustainable Cities,

-Smart City and Resilient Cities,