Methodological Dimensions of Delineating Peri-urban Areas

The Case of Kolkata Metropolis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20404792
AutoresDinabandhu Mondal (0000-0002-0966-3594, Jawaharlal Nehru University, autor de correspondencia), Sucharita Sen (0000-0001-7947-5209, Jawaharlal Nehru University)
Año2020
Volumen11
Número2
Páginas183-194
Fecha de publicación2020-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEnvironment and Urbanization Asia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0975-4253 • E-ISSN: 0976-3546
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0975425320938519
OpenAlexW3081417363
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas11

In the past few decades, due to urbanization and spatial expansion of cities beyond their municipal boundaries, complex interactions between the city and its surrounding rural areas have occurred, resulting in the formation of peri-urban spaces or zones of transition. There is a plurality of definitions for these peri-urban spaces, due to their diverse character in terms of land and water use, livelihood shifts, demographic and social transitions. Most peri-urban areas, specifically those around large metropolitan cities, are increasingly assuming complex characters, which call for governance structures beyond rural–urban binaries. For any administrative intervention of a serious nature in peri-urban areas, a standard methodology for demarcation of these spaces is required. This article is an attempt to develop and apply such a methodology beyond the existing ones, using government sources of data, in the case of Kolkata Metropolis. This article uses socio-economic and land-use characteristics to achieve this objective. It finds that peri-urban spaces do not necessarily develop uniformly around the city; instead, they are fragmented and could be located both near or relatively far from urban areas

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