Post by jackson41 on Aug 2, 2011 2:33:02 GMT -5
Urbanization is the process in which villages turn into towns and towns into cities and so on. There is no universally accepted definition for urban settlements. Different countries adopt different criteria for defining urban settlements. Urban places are not even similar in character. They should be distinguished not only because of defined demographic characteristics but also on the infrastructure facilities available. When considering the developments in Cochin Real Estate , and that too with regard to the appreciation and depreciation of land values, the developments in the urban centers can be distinguished on the proximity of a given piece of land to key urban centers.
In India, the criteria for defining urban centers are more or less similar to the ones suggested by the United Nations. In the 1961 census, a well-defined criterion was adopted in India. An urban area in India is defined as a place having a minimum population of 5000 people with at least 75 percent of male workers being engaged in non-agricultural activities and the density of population limited to 400 persons per sq km.
A few centers declared urban in Cochin based on the results obtained from the census data is another indicator of the rising urbanization trend. Besides, all the places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment or notified area are considered as town/urban areas. Given these criteria, India’s urban areas have been expanding ever since the year 1901, when census operations started on a modest budget to analyze the population pattern and other aspects of the population of India.
If the population trends are to be believed, in Cochin the real estate boom is likely to continue further and the entire Ernakulam district of which Cochin City is a part is likely to be declared as an urban center in the near future. Already the area under the Cochin Corporation has widened considerably. Many of the former rural areas are now part of the city. Thus, the Cochin city limits are now continuously expanding up to the borders of the adjacent municipalities.
In India, the criteria for defining urban centers are more or less similar to the ones suggested by the United Nations. In the 1961 census, a well-defined criterion was adopted in India. An urban area in India is defined as a place having a minimum population of 5000 people with at least 75 percent of male workers being engaged in non-agricultural activities and the density of population limited to 400 persons per sq km.
A few centers declared urban in Cochin based on the results obtained from the census data is another indicator of the rising urbanization trend. Besides, all the places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment or notified area are considered as town/urban areas. Given these criteria, India’s urban areas have been expanding ever since the year 1901, when census operations started on a modest budget to analyze the population pattern and other aspects of the population of India.
If the population trends are to be believed, in Cochin the real estate boom is likely to continue further and the entire Ernakulam district of which Cochin City is a part is likely to be declared as an urban center in the near future. Already the area under the Cochin Corporation has widened considerably. Many of the former rural areas are now part of the city. Thus, the Cochin city limits are now continuously expanding up to the borders of the adjacent municipalities.