Towards a Settlement Structure for Kerala, Part II

Authors

• A. M. Salim, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
• K. D. Nadarajan, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
• Nirmal Brito Mutunayagam, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

8-1967

Comments

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Post-Graduate Diploma in Town and Country Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, August 1967

Abstract

PART – II : THE SETTLEMENT STRUCTURE OF KERALA

CHAPTER V : THE EVOLUTION OF THE SCATTERED PATTERN OF SETTLEMENTS

CHAPTER VI : INFLUENCE OF NATURAL FEATURES ON THE SETTLEMENT STRUCTURE OF KERALA

CHAPTER VII : THE URBAN SETTLEMENT STRUCTURE
General characteristics of urban population • The process of urbanisation  • The concept of urban centre  • Classification of towns by states  • Classification of towns by population size •Functional classification of towns   •  Town groups • Growth of urban centres • Urban clusters and concentration complexes  •  Growth of urban population • Demographic characteristics of the urban population • Features of functional classification of towns • General characteristics of the structure of workers in urban areas • Certain trends in the working population in the cities of above 1 lakh population • Trends in immigration to cities and urban areas

CHAPTER VIII : THE STUDIES
A study of cities • The study of towns

CHAPTER IX : THE STRUCTURE OF RURAL SETTLEMENTS
The concept of a village in Kerala  • Demographic struCtURe of rural areas  •  Distribution of population in rural areas • Distribution of villages of different population sizes • Concentration of villages of large population size and small towns in districts and ta1uks • Density of roads in rural areas •The occupational structure • The rural settlement patterns • Physical factors • Historical factors • Economic factors • Social factors • The unit of a rural settlement in Kerala • Trends of change in rural areas

CHAPTER X :  THE RURAL URBAN PHENOMENA
Rural urban knots • An insight to spatial content of settlements •Physical formation of rural-urban knots • Economic characteristics • Social characteristics • Pattern of land use development • Classification of rural-urban knots  • Area of influence • General conclusions • Functions of rural-urban knots  • The form of rural-urban knots • Criteria for locating the rural urban knots of Kerala • Linear development • General classification of linear development in Kerala along transportation routes • Characteristics of linear development in Kerala

CHAPTER XI : THE RURAL-URBAN RELATIONSHIPS
Rural Urban dichotomy or continuum? • The functional hierarchy of settlements • Role of Services and facilities in rural urban relationships

CHAPTER XII : THE MOVEMENT CHANNELS – INTER LINKAGES
Transport in Kerala •  The transport system • Railways • The road net work •The inland water ways • The air ways and air strips • The ports

CHAPTER XIII: THE STRUCTURE OF INDUSTRIES IN KERALA AND THEIR SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
Factors that impede rapid industrialisation • Size of factor sector • Composition of factory sector • Characteristics of industrial structure • Size of factories • Location pattern of industries