Central Business District (CBD) refers to the core of the urban area which contains intensive commercial land-use. It is the most important area of the structure of a city. The tallest non-residential buildings of the city are located in CBD. It acts as a growth pole of the city where most of economic and corporate … Read more
We often hear about cities and towns and want to visit them for different reasons such as employment, entertainment, leisure etc. Before proceeding for any research in cities, we must have a clear definition of urban areas in India. However, the definition of urban areas vary from one country to another. The definition of urban … Read more
In a narrow sense, urban morphology refers to the study of physical arrangement or structure of town. In a wider sense, it may be defined as a study of relationships of urban landscape with its occupiers in terms of patterns and distribution of socio-economic and political activities. Hence, urban morphology is not only a study … Read more
J. C. Weaver’s crop combination method is one of the simplest and the most objective techniques to delineate agricultural regions. What is Crop Combination Crop combination refers to the most dominant group of crops which are being cultivated in a region for a particular time period (mostly year). The basic idea of Weaver’s method is … Read more
In another article, we have discussed the concept of Social Well Being in Geography. We concluded that social well being is a very generic concept and its perception varies from person to person. Therefore, the social scientists have come up with a new concept i.e. Quality of Life (QOL). They argue that the the social … Read more
Social well being in Geography came to prominence during 1970s as a result of relevance movement. During 1970s, the most deprived groups in society, such as blacks, Hispanics, poor, disabled, sexual minorities and religious minorities etc., started political movements against those laws which hampered them from leading a dignified life. In response to this political … Read more
Air pollution is a health hazard in most of the large cities in Indian sub-continent. However, the air pollution in Delhi during winter season is most notorious amongst them all. However, the air quality degrades in most of the areas of north India during the winter season. Why does it happen? To understand that, we … Read more
All of us know that earth rotates around its axis in 24 hours which, generally, contains 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night. The length of day and night varies, seasonally. The days become longer during the summer months and shorter during the winter months. However, there are two regions on earth which … Read more
Human Development Index (HDI) is an index developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) of UNO to measure the overall development of countries. However, this index ignores the socio-economic inequalities within a country. Therefore, UNDP came up with a new method to calculate HDI that is Inequality Adjusted HDI (IHDI). IHDI has been calculated … Read more
Human Development Index (HDI) is an index developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) of UNO to measure the overall development among the countries, states or communities of this world. This index is based on the work of Mehbub Ul Haq and Amartya Sen. There are three key indicator of HDI i.e. Health, Education … Read more