CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 23 1.1 Background 23 1.2 Need for Study 25 1.3 Research Questions 27 1.4 Aim 27 1.5 Objectives 27 1.6 Scope & Limitations 27 1.7 Methodology 28 1.7.1 Approach to Study 29 1.8 Data Aspect 32 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 33 2.1 Morphology of cities 33 2.2 Related Definitions 34 2.2.1 Urban 34 2.2.2 Rural 34 2.2.3 Rural Urban Fringe 35 2.3 Urbanization: Dynamics of Land Use 36 2.3.1 Globalization and Extended Metropolitan Regions 36 2.4 The Desakota Model 37 2.5 Delineation of Peri-Urban Area 39 2.5.1 Patna: A Statistical Approach 39 2.5.2 Urban Index (UI) Calculation 39 2.5.3 Correlation among the variables 40 2.5.4 Scale of Urbanity (SU) 40 2.6 Land Market and land value 41 2.6.1 Characteristics of fringe land market in growing cities 41 2.6.2 Value of fringe land 42 2.6.3 Public policy instruments to control speculation 43 2.7 Existing Land Management Tools 44 2.7.1 Haryana model 44 2.7.2 Uttar Pradesh Model 45 2.7.3 Public private partnership in land development 45 2.7.4 Town planning Scheme 45 2.8 Case Studies 47 2.8.1 HYDERABAD 47 2.8.2 DELHI 47 2.8.3 CHANDIGARH 47 2.9 Summary 55 3. INTRODUCTION TO RAIPUR 57 3.1 General Introduction 57 3.1.1 Physiography 57 3.1.2 Climate 57 3.1.3 Regional and sub regional context 58 3.1.4 Administrative and functional boundaries 59 3.1.5 Demography 60 3.1.6 Economic base 61 3.2 Land Use and Urban Sprawl 62 3.2.1 Urban Sprawl 63 3.3 Land Development Legislations 64 3.3.1 Procedure of conversion of agriculture land 64 3.3.2 Procedure of Development/Building Permission 64 3.3.3 Land Acquisition Process 65 3.3.4 Combined NA and Development Procedure 65 4. STUDY AREA AND ITS GROWTH DYNAMICS 67 4.1 Development Nodes 67 4.1.1 Delineation of Peri Urban Areas 68 4.1.2 Selection and delineation of Study Area 69 4.2 Demarcation of fringe zone and study area 70 4.2.1 Demarcation and Classification of study area 70 4.3 Study Area: An Introduction 71 4.4 Morphological growth 73 4.4.1 Location and linkage 73 4.4.2 Demography and economic base 74 4.4.3 Profile of development 82 4.4.4 Land Market 83 5. EPILOGUE 91 5.1 SWOT of Case Study Villages 91 5.2 Main findings and observations 92 5.3 Policy implications 93 5.4 Conclusion 95 6. BIBLIOGRAPHY 99