Impact of Growth of Population on Urbanization of Gondia Town on Fringe Area

Abstract:

As the economic activities in urban areas increase, the demand for space for housing there activities and people increase. There is an increasing demand for land for industrial, commercial, recreational and other uses. The pressure of demand for land in urban areas manifests itself in the form of higher priers, more intensive use of land and spill out of demand of fringe areas. The both agricultural use and urban uses now complete for the use of land in urban areas. The present study is concerned with the change in general land use in fringe areas of Gondia city. The fringe land has been basically used for agricultural purposes. The increasing activities of Gondia city had made increasing demand on space available in the city. As a continuous growth of population of Gondia city. The price cost of land in the core area of the city has increased a large. As a result of these started the purchasing of land in the fringe areas are periphery villages. This resulted a drastic change in land use of fringe areas is the care part of the present study.