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CHAPTER - VIII
Urban primacy
Spatial policy
Methodology adopted
Regional analysis
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The number of towns and urban population has been changing very
following districts have too many villages and too few towns;
In the year 1961 there were 266 urban centres in Maharashtra, the
rable for human development. Even where rural jobs are available,
programmes.
URBAN PRIMACY
from rural to urban area. The second plan marked the expansion
of the housing programme of the first plan and given due attention
was given due importance. In the fifth and sixth plan period
SPATIAL POLICY
(Keswani, 1985).
One of the policy issue which has not been resolved is the
not one of “optimum size" but rather the "minimum size" required
garden city. Wilbur Thompson (1965) was of the view that, when
on several small and medium size towns, is more desirable than the
provide economic base to backward rural areas and slow down the
in most cases new towns are expensive to build and they take
stop the growth of major cities. Major cities develop, but new
towns.
consideration.
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i) Demographic factors
sectors.
the links of small towns with rural settlements and cities would
need elevation.
given top priority, so that we can use the most productive and
schedule is suggested ;
i) Population assesment
v) Medical facilities
in the area.
industrial infrastructure,
centre in future.
was not available, we have considered the data of 1971 census and
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
Fig. No.8-1
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same way Satara, Kolhapur and Nasik districts, each have three
Lonand, Vaduj and Umbraj from Satara district, Hupari, Shirol and
Ajra from Kolhapur district and Kalwan Bk., Niphad and Ghoti Bk.
There are only three places, two from Dhulia (Pimpalner and Sakari)
and one from Jalgaon (Jamner) may elevate their status as urban
centres.
share of potential new towns. There are five places; Mul, Chimur,
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Thus, the adjoining rural areas can also get benefit in terms of
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