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3. Geo-Social Aspects of Developments in Peri-urban Regions

Author : Govind Singh Bhardwaj

Published in: The Security of Water, Food, Energy and Liveability of Cities

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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The peripheral fringe area of cities comes under the peri-urban category, where rural areas are forced to assimilate with urban areas. Sustainable development of fast growing peri-urban regions is a big challenge for the various agencies and authorities concerned throughout the world. The geo-social dynamics of assimilation of the rural-urban spatial fringe are a new concept to understand; its significance in planning and management of the sustainability of environment, ecology of the area in particular the socio-economic facet of sanitation and health. The quantification of the sustainability of the development establishes by geo-social degradation. There are several geo-social buffer zones, which have been specified to understand the existing peri-urban regions state of development and evolve the strategies for betterment. Geo-social aspect of peri-urban regions development is an interdisciplinary approach.

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Title: Geo-Social Aspects of Developments in Peri-urban Regions
Author: Govind Singh Bhardwaj
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Book: The Security of Water, Food, Energy and Liveability of Cities
Print ISBN: 978-94-017-8877-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-94-017-8878-6

Copyright Year: 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8878-6_3

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