UNIT-4 DAY-3

CONTINUE…..
BY :-
Resham Bdr. Shahi
URBANISATION

 It the process of converting rural areas into urban areas with socio-economic transformation and population
increase.
 BASIC FEATURES OF URBANISATION :-
i. Division of labour
ii. Technology based production of goods
iii. Trade of varieties of goods and services
iv. Increase in socio – economic development
v. High population and population density
vi. Modern housing and settlement system
CLASSIFICATION OF URBAN AREAS IN
NEPAL

1) Metropolitan city :- There are 6 metropolitan cities in Nepal which are : Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Pokhara, Bharatpur, Biratnagar and
Birgunj. Kathmandu is the capital city of Nepal.
MAIN FEATURES :-
 POPULATION SIZE : Minimum 3,00,000 {three lakh}
 ANNUAL REVENUE : At least Rs.400 million
 PHYSICAL FACILITIES : International airport, Universities, Electricity, Drinking water supply, Roads, Health services, City hall,
Public park, etc.
2) Sub-metropolitan city :- There are 11 sub-metropolitan cities in Nepal which are : Janakpur, Ghorahi, Tulsipur, Hetauda,
Dhangadhi, Itahari, Dharan, Nepalgunj, Butwal, Kalaiya, and Jitpur – Simra
MAIN FEATURES :-
 POPULATION SIZE : Minimum 1,00,000 {one lakh}
 ANNUAL REVENUE : At least Rs.100 million
 PHYSICAL FACILITIES : Higher education facilities, Drinking water supply, electricity, communication, health services, city hall,
3) Municipality :- There are 276 municipalities in Nepal.
MAIN FEATURES :
 POPULATION SIZE : Minimum 20,000 in Terai, 10,000 in Hill and Mountain
 ANNUAL REVENUE : At least Rs.5 Million in terai and Rs.5 lakh in hill and mountain
 PHYSICAL FACILITIES : Electricity, Road, Drinking water supply, Communication, Transportation, Education, Health
facilities, etc.

NOTE :-
About 20.73% people live in Urban areas in Nepal
TYPES OF URBANISATION

PLANNED URBANISATION UNPLANNED URBANISATION

1. All the physical facilities are available in planned
urbanisation.
2. There is equal distribution of population in planned
urbanisation.
3. There is healthy settlement with positive outcomes
in planned urbanisation.
4. There is a proper social security and social harmony. 4. There is a social insecurity and social disorders.
5. There is proper mobilisation of natural resources.
6. Population migration is done in a planned and
scientific way.
1. All the physical facilities are not available
sufficiently in unplanned urbanisation.
2. There is unequal distribution of population in
unplanned urbanisation.
3. There is unhealthy settlement with negative
outcomes in unplanned urbanisation.
5. There is over exploitation of natural resources .
6. Population migration is done in unscientific and
illegal way.
MEASURES TO CONTROL THE EFFECTS
OF UNMANAGED URBANISATION

1. Development of Rural Areas

2. Employment Opportunity
3. Balanced Development
4. Development of Dormitory Town
5. Public Awareness Programme
6. Active People’s participation
Dormitory Town :-
It is the semi-urban area.

DISCUSSION ABOUT EFFECTS OF URBANISATION ON

POPULATION AND ENVIRONMENT AND GIVING IT AS
ASSIGNMENT.