Publication Date:
2023
Description:
〈p〉〈em〉Urban sprawl is increasing rapidly with the increased rate of rural to urban migration and with the tremendous population growth. Due to rural-urban migration and continuous population growth; urban centers tend to expand outwards to lodge the ever-increasing population pressure. Urban sprawl has to be considered in spatio-temporal terms to understand the phenomena of urban growth, land use and land transformation. Urban sprawl is momentous to the quality of life of urban dwellers as well as quantity of rural land lost and land degradation; key issues of agricultural as well as environmental perspectives. Himalayan state of Uttarakhand is witnessing steady and continuous urban growth. Urban sprawl in Ranikhet tehsil has resulted in loss of productive agricultural land of the surrounding rural areas, open green spaces, loss of surface water bodies, and depletion of groundwater too. Problems of dwellings, slums, and unhygienic livings are also growing rapidly with the rapid urban sprawl. There is regular competition between urban and rural areas for land needed for growth and development. The present study finds out that the built-up areas of different towns of Ranikhet tehsil have been increased from 4.92km〈sup〉2〈/sup〉 in 2000 to 6.19km〈sup〉2〈/sup〉 in 2010 which has further been increased to 7.70km〈sup〉2〈/sup〉 in 2020 witnesses a continuous struggle for space in Ranikhet tehsil.〈/em〉〈/p〉
Print ISSN:
2321-421X
Electronic ISSN:
2230-7990
Topics:
Geography
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Geosciences
