CONTENTSList of tables: 3 List of figures: 4 List of maps and photos: 4 List of abbreviations: 5 1. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 BACKGROUND: 1 1.1.1 Economic forces in an urban area: 1 1.1.2 Industrial concentration in urban areas: 2 1.1.3 Urbanisation of Kalyan - Dombivli city 3 1.2 NEED FOR STUDY: 4 1.3 AIM: 5 1.4 OBJECTIVES: 5 1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 5 1.6 METHODOLOGY: 5 1.7 AREA DELINEATION , SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS: 6 2. LITERATURE REVIEW: 7 2.1 THE DETERMINANTS OF INDUSTRIAL LOCATION 7 2.2 CONCEPT OF INDUSTRIAL ESTATE: 11 2.3 VARIOUS IMPACTS OF INDUSTRIALISATION: 18 2.3.1 Physical structure 18 2.3.2 Demographic structure: 18 2.3.3 Economic structure: 20 2.3.4 Social structure: 20 2.4 THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT: 22 2.5 DISTANCE DECAY FUNCTION: 23 2.6 CONCLUSION: 23 3. STUDY AREA PROFILE: 25 3.1 BACKGROUND 25 3.1.1 History of the town: 25 3.1.2 Administrative setup over the years: 25 3.1.2 Geographical setting: 26 3.1.4 Climate: 27 3.2EVOLUTION OF THE CITY: 27 3.3. SITE UNDER STUDY: 28 3.3.1. Dombivli city: 28 3.3.2 MIDC (Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation) Residential area: 36 3.3.3 Slums: 39 4. PRIMARY SURVEY ANALYSIS: (household) 41 4.1 EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME LEVELS: 43 4.2 LITERACY: 47 4.3 HOUSING: 48 4.4 INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES: 49 4.5 DEMOGRAPHY: 50 4.6 PLACE OF WORK: 51 4.7 INCOME VS. OCCUPATION: 52 5. PRIMARY SURVEY ANALYSIS: (industries) 53 6. EMPLOYMENT GENERATED BY DOMBIVLI MIDC INDUSTRIAL AREA. 55 7. CONCLUSION: 57 References: 60 Annexures: 61