Over the years several scholars and philosophers have done large amount of work on the rural—urba... more Over the years several scholars and philosophers have done large amount of work on the rural—urban linkages as well as on the spatial pattern of non-agricultural employment. This has been attempted to understand the changes that both rural and urban settlements have witnessed over the years and to analyze the factors responsible for these changes. The result of these modifications has been that the line between urban and rural has not only thinned but has even blurred in some cases. In developing countries like India, though there may be some exceptions. This is because even today the distinction is clear when these settlements are examined on the dimensions of economy, occupational structure, levels of education, accessibility to services, demography, political set up and levels of migration. Here urban population is still defined as those contained within urban administrative regions. Although the peripheral regions are under the urban influence the degree varies from place to pla...
Principal Investigator Prof. Masood Ahsan Siddiqui Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia,... more Principal Investigator Prof. Masood Ahsan Siddiqui Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Paper Coordinator, if any Dr.Taruna Bansal Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Content Writer/Author (CW) Dr.Taruna Bansal Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Content Reviewer (CR) Dr. Janki Jiwan Assistant Professor Department of Geography, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi
Even though large number of anthropologists have paid attention to the process of urbanisation ve... more Even though large number of anthropologists have paid attention to the process of urbanisation very few of them have entertained the idea that high urban primacy or lack thereof, is a social pattern which influences the cultural values, politics and social behaviour of a region in the wider context. While analysing the process of urbanization one usually notes the existence of three types of city size distribution. These are central place, rank size and primate city distributions. This paper is primarily concerned with the last two. Rank size distribution is important as it is indicative of political unity and an integrated urban system while primate city – size distribution indicates if there is any imbalance in the distribution of cities. Moreover it is a useful tool for the analysis of the decline and growth of individual cities, of a class of cities and of the entire group of cities in a given region. In the above background, the present paper addresses the question of city-size distribution in colonial Punjab from 1901 to 1941. Due to the paucity of data the area of study is restricted to the state of Punjab after Independence. Although an overview of the province of Punjab will be sited. In the first section the paper discusses the theoretical bases of the paper followed by the methodology. In the second section the temporal analysis of the city-size distribution in Punjab will be analysed and in the third section the rank-size distribution and urban primacy will be analysed. The last section will critically analyse the urban system that evolved in Punjab under the last phase of British rule with conclusions drawn from the study.
Globalization of the Indian economy over the past two decades has significantly influenced the In... more Globalization of the Indian economy over the past two decades has significantly influenced the Indian social life, both economically and culturally. Today women consider themselves to be more empowered compared to their earlier generations. Globalization has had differential impacts on women’s lives in different economic strata. Feminizations of the labour force, in general, increasing number of women in professional and managerial occupations and changes in family structure have had major implications for women’s income. The disposable income of a significant number of women has increased significantly. This has had a direct impact on the consumption pattern of women. Consumerism has become a powerful opportunity for expression and for a public life of sorts. In this context, the paper discusses the monthly consumption expenditure of households in Kolkata, where the main occupation is in the service sector followed by an empirical analysis of the pattern and preferences of consumption of the households where women are either employed or engaged in the service sector has been done for Kolkata. The analysis is based on field data collected through structured questionnaire and personal interviews and has been done in terms of four service categories.
Liberalization since the early 1980s has placed the big urban agglomerations at the centre of the... more Liberalization since the early 1980s has placed the big urban agglomerations at the centre of the global economy. The bigger cities have become a place for privileged interactions and exchanges, thus emerging as important actors in this new economic system. 1 This is as true for India as it is elsewhere in the world. An enquiry into such urban agglomerations is important, as it leads one to understand the vital contemporary social, economic and political processes in society. To decode the city is to decode the wider and underlying social structures. These cities have restructured themselves as prominent participants or leaders in the sectoral shift…to service production, leading to tertiarization of the labour market. This shift has a direct effect on women's work and lives. It is often argued that it has resulted in the greater feminization of the urban labour market and increased fragmentation of women's work. 2 In India too, with the development of this sector, the cities have shown tendencies for employment generation and individual prosperity. Evidently women's participation in work is highly dependent on factors that vary from one country to another or from one city to another. In this paper a general picture of the share of women and men workers in the service sector of Delhi and Kolkata has been analyzed as these two citieshave different.
The unprecedented growth of population coupled with technological innovations and economic growth... more The unprecedented growth of population coupled with technological innovations and economic growth leads to increased urbanisation. Cities, therefore, have become the 'engines of growth' centered on trade, commerce, and industry. These cities thus provide greater opportunities to people to make a better living. Today almost one half of the world's population lives in cities. All cities exist as an interface between the " natural " environment in which they are situated and the " cultural " environment which modifies them. But this change is not constant and varies from region to region. In a region dominated by the tribals the modifications are more prominent and so is the impact of urbanisation on their lives. Urbanisation enables people to advance socially and economically and is most apparent in the scheduled population of India. The scheduled population constitutes the indigenous communities (Scheduled Tribes) and the Scheduled Castes, particularly their culture, languages, and style of life. The scheduled people are largely the deprived section of India. The present article tries to analyse the effect of urbanisation on the various social and economic aspects of this deprived section. It analyses the accessibility to basic amenities for the scheduled population. A comparison has been drawn between the scheduled tribes and the Scheduled Castes at the tehsil level in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand State. This comparison has been made to understand the variations within the scheduled population. Ranchi has been taken as the study area since nearly 40 percent of the district's population comprises the scheduled people.
Since prehistoric times, the allure for the inhabited world has always been of interest to mankin... more Since prehistoric times, the allure for the inhabited world has always been of interest to mankind. This clearly states that from the earliest times, maps have played a significant role in human history. In present times both these maps and their makers serve as powerful medium to revive forgotten personalities and historical events. The history of map making shows that during ancient times, mapmaking was basically a form of decorative art but the most decorative maps have been produced during the middle age times. Mappe mundi and portolan charts were the two traditions found in the European world. But Muslim scholars were still following Ptolemy " s method and also incorporating writings of travelers and explorers. Through this paper we are making an attempt to have a retrospective view on maps of medieval times and how they laid foundations for scientific modern cartography.
Over the years several scholars and philosophers have done large amount of work on the rural—urba... more Over the years several scholars and philosophers have done large amount of work on the rural—urban linkages as well as on the spatial pattern of non-agricultural employment. This has been attempted to understand the changes that both rural and urban settlements have witnessed over the years and to analyze the factors responsible for these changes. The result of these modifications has been that the line between urban and rural has not only thinned but has even blurred in some cases. In developing countries like India, though there may be some exceptions. This is because even today the distinction is clear when these settlements are examined on the dimensions of economy, occupational structure, levels of education, accessibility to services, demography, political set up and levels of migration. Here urban population is still defined as those contained within urban administrative regions. Although the peripheral regions are under the urban influence the degree varies from place to pla...
Principal Investigator Prof. Masood Ahsan Siddiqui Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia,... more Principal Investigator Prof. Masood Ahsan Siddiqui Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Paper Coordinator, if any Dr.Taruna Bansal Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Content Writer/Author (CW) Dr.Taruna Bansal Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Content Reviewer (CR) Dr. Janki Jiwan Assistant Professor Department of Geography, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi
Even though large number of anthropologists have paid attention to the process of urbanisation ve... more Even though large number of anthropologists have paid attention to the process of urbanisation very few of them have entertained the idea that high urban primacy or lack thereof, is a social pattern which influences the cultural values, politics and social behaviour of a region in the wider context. While analysing the process of urbanization one usually notes the existence of three types of city size distribution. These are central place, rank size and primate city distributions. This paper is primarily concerned with the last two. Rank size distribution is important as it is indicative of political unity and an integrated urban system while primate city – size distribution indicates if there is any imbalance in the distribution of cities. Moreover it is a useful tool for the analysis of the decline and growth of individual cities, of a class of cities and of the entire group of cities in a given region. In the above background, the present paper addresses the question of city-size distribution in colonial Punjab from 1901 to 1941. Due to the paucity of data the area of study is restricted to the state of Punjab after Independence. Although an overview of the province of Punjab will be sited. In the first section the paper discusses the theoretical bases of the paper followed by the methodology. In the second section the temporal analysis of the city-size distribution in Punjab will be analysed and in the third section the rank-size distribution and urban primacy will be analysed. The last section will critically analyse the urban system that evolved in Punjab under the last phase of British rule with conclusions drawn from the study.
Globalization of the Indian economy over the past two decades has significantly influenced the In... more Globalization of the Indian economy over the past two decades has significantly influenced the Indian social life, both economically and culturally. Today women consider themselves to be more empowered compared to their earlier generations. Globalization has had differential impacts on women’s lives in different economic strata. Feminizations of the labour force, in general, increasing number of women in professional and managerial occupations and changes in family structure have had major implications for women’s income. The disposable income of a significant number of women has increased significantly. This has had a direct impact on the consumption pattern of women. Consumerism has become a powerful opportunity for expression and for a public life of sorts. In this context, the paper discusses the monthly consumption expenditure of households in Kolkata, where the main occupation is in the service sector followed by an empirical analysis of the pattern and preferences of consumption of the households where women are either employed or engaged in the service sector has been done for Kolkata. The analysis is based on field data collected through structured questionnaire and personal interviews and has been done in terms of four service categories.
Liberalization since the early 1980s has placed the big urban agglomerations at the centre of the... more Liberalization since the early 1980s has placed the big urban agglomerations at the centre of the global economy. The bigger cities have become a place for privileged interactions and exchanges, thus emerging as important actors in this new economic system. 1 This is as true for India as it is elsewhere in the world. An enquiry into such urban agglomerations is important, as it leads one to understand the vital contemporary social, economic and political processes in society. To decode the city is to decode the wider and underlying social structures. These cities have restructured themselves as prominent participants or leaders in the sectoral shift…to service production, leading to tertiarization of the labour market. This shift has a direct effect on women's work and lives. It is often argued that it has resulted in the greater feminization of the urban labour market and increased fragmentation of women's work. 2 In India too, with the development of this sector, the cities have shown tendencies for employment generation and individual prosperity. Evidently women's participation in work is highly dependent on factors that vary from one country to another or from one city to another. In this paper a general picture of the share of women and men workers in the service sector of Delhi and Kolkata has been analyzed as these two citieshave different.
The unprecedented growth of population coupled with technological innovations and economic growth... more The unprecedented growth of population coupled with technological innovations and economic growth leads to increased urbanisation. Cities, therefore, have become the 'engines of growth' centered on trade, commerce, and industry. These cities thus provide greater opportunities to people to make a better living. Today almost one half of the world's population lives in cities. All cities exist as an interface between the " natural " environment in which they are situated and the " cultural " environment which modifies them. But this change is not constant and varies from region to region. In a region dominated by the tribals the modifications are more prominent and so is the impact of urbanisation on their lives. Urbanisation enables people to advance socially and economically and is most apparent in the scheduled population of India. The scheduled population constitutes the indigenous communities (Scheduled Tribes) and the Scheduled Castes, particularly their culture, languages, and style of life. The scheduled people are largely the deprived section of India. The present article tries to analyse the effect of urbanisation on the various social and economic aspects of this deprived section. It analyses the accessibility to basic amenities for the scheduled population. A comparison has been drawn between the scheduled tribes and the Scheduled Castes at the tehsil level in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand State. This comparison has been made to understand the variations within the scheduled population. Ranchi has been taken as the study area since nearly 40 percent of the district's population comprises the scheduled people.
Since prehistoric times, the allure for the inhabited world has always been of interest to mankin... more Since prehistoric times, the allure for the inhabited world has always been of interest to mankind. This clearly states that from the earliest times, maps have played a significant role in human history. In present times both these maps and their makers serve as powerful medium to revive forgotten personalities and historical events. The history of map making shows that during ancient times, mapmaking was basically a form of decorative art but the most decorative maps have been produced during the middle age times. Mappe mundi and portolan charts were the two traditions found in the European world. But Muslim scholars were still following Ptolemy " s method and also incorporating writings of travelers and explorers. Through this paper we are making an attempt to have a retrospective view on maps of medieval times and how they laid foundations for scientific modern cartography.
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economically and culturally. Today women consider themselves to be more empowered compared to their earlier
generations. Globalization has had differential impacts on women’s lives in different economic strata. Feminizations of the
labour force, in general, increasing number of women in professional and managerial occupations and changes in family
structure have had major implications for women’s income. The disposable income of a significant number of women has
increased significantly. This has had a direct impact on the consumption pattern of women. Consumerism has become a
powerful opportunity for expression and for a public life of sorts. In this context, the paper discusses the monthly
consumption expenditure of households in Kolkata, where the main occupation is in the service sector followed by an
empirical analysis of the pattern and preferences of consumption of the households where women are either employed or
engaged in the service sector has been done for Kolkata. The analysis is based on field data collected through structured
questionnaire and personal interviews and has been done in terms of four service categories.
economically and culturally. Today women consider themselves to be more empowered compared to their earlier
generations. Globalization has had differential impacts on women’s lives in different economic strata. Feminizations of the
labour force, in general, increasing number of women in professional and managerial occupations and changes in family
structure have had major implications for women’s income. The disposable income of a significant number of women has
increased significantly. This has had a direct impact on the consumption pattern of women. Consumerism has become a
powerful opportunity for expression and for a public life of sorts. In this context, the paper discusses the monthly
consumption expenditure of households in Kolkata, where the main occupation is in the service sector followed by an
empirical analysis of the pattern and preferences of consumption of the households where women are either employed or
engaged in the service sector has been done for Kolkata. The analysis is based on field data collected through structured
questionnaire and personal interviews and has been done in terms of four service categories.