Prognostication of Urbanisation Growth, Trend and Level in Maharashtra State, Using GIS Techniques

Abstract

Urbanization is a process in which the transformation of rural settlements into urban settlements is considered to have occurred mainly after the industrial revolution and the development of communication. At present, the process of citizenship has started in all countries of the world. But the pace of civilization, however, is not the same across countries. Although the pace of population is different, the proportion of population in urban areas is increasing day by day in every country. Due to increasing urbanization, various types of serious problems have arisen in urban areas. If these problems are not considered in time, it will be difficult for human to live in urban areas. Therefore, the study of the nature of citizens has become dynamic in modern times. Urbanization is influenced by many factors such as geographical, socio-economic and political. The pace of urbanization in India has changed drastically since independence. In that, the nature of urbanization in the state of Maharashtra is seen in a different form. Urbanization is at a faster pace towards the western part whereas in eastern Maharashtra we can see that urbanization is happening at a slower pace. For this it is necessary to study the urbanization of Maharashtra state.  However, secondary data has been used to study urbanization in the state of Maharashtra. The data is taken from Indian census 1901to 2011, numerically processed and mapped.