conurbation

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The term "conurbation" was coined in 1915 by Patrick Geddes in his book Cities In
Evolution. He drew attention to the ability of the (then) new technology of electric
power and motorised transport to allow cities to spread and agglomerate together,
and gave as examples:

"Midlandton" in England, the Ruhr in Germany, Randstad in the Netherlands, New

York City–North Jersey in the United States, the Greater Tokyo Area, Taiheiyō
Belt in Japan, NCR of Delhi in India, and Southern Metro Manila in the Philippines.

Randstad in the Netherlands

A conurbation is a region comprising a
number of cities, large towns, and
other urban areas that, through
population growth and physical
expansion, have merged to form one
continuous urban and industrially
developed area.

In most cases, a conurbation is a

polycentric urban agglomeration, in which
transportation has developed to link areas
to create a single urban labor
market or travel to work area.
New York Metropolitan area

A conurbation consists of adjacent

metropolitan areas that are connected
with one another by urbanization.
National Capital Region (India)

The National Capital Region (NCR) is the

designation for a conurbation or metropolitan
area in India.

It encompasses the entire National Capital

Territory of Delhi, including New Delhi and
urban areas surrounding it in neighboring
states of Haryana, Uttar
Pradesh and Rajasthan.

NCR is India's largest and one of the world's

largest agglomeration with a population of over
46,069,000.[2]:6 All the areas of NCR together
generated GDP of $128.9 billion in 2011-12,
which was 7.5 percent of the Indian GDP.
National Capital Territory of Delhi as
captured by satellite
Delhi and its urban region have been given the special status of National Capital Region (NCR) under
the Constitution of India's 69th Amendment Act of 1991.

In July 2013, NCR was expanded to include three more districts, Bhiwani, and Mahendragarh in the
state of Haryana, as well asBharatpur in the state of Rajasthan. This brought the number of districts in
NCR to 19, with the total NCR area increasing 34% to 46,208 km2.

There are now a total of 22 districts (plus Delhi NCT) within NCR, covering a total area of 58,332 km2.

The four constituent Sub-Regions of NCR are as follows:

The Haryana Sub-Region comprises thirteen

districts: Bhiwani, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Jhajjar, Jind, Karnal, Mewat, Ma
hendragarh (Narnaul), Panipat, Palwal, Rewari,Rohtak and Sonepat.

The Uttar Pradesh Sub-Region comprises seven

districts: Baghpat, Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh
Nagar, Hapur, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar.

The Rajasthan Sub-Region comprises two

districts: Alwar and Bharatpur

Delhi, which constitutes about 2.9% of the land area of the

Region.
 New Delhi Skyline

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