ASSESSING LINKAGE BETWEEN THE PARENT CITY AND SATELLITE TOWNS: A CASE STUDY OF RAMANAGARA AND HOSKOTE-KARNATAKA

Abstract

Metropolitan cities are progressively interlinked and dependent on secondary cities to boost trade, Investment and local economic development.According to UN Habitat, Satellite Towns are one such spatial category associated with secondary cities surrounding the large urban metropolitan region. Majorly, the expansion and development of parent cities are sprawling along the transportation corridor connected to these satellites. Subsequently, it induces the development of the satellite town along the corridor. Satellite Towns act as a catalysts and a supporting hub for production, trade, transport and transfer of goods and people in the current system of global cities. Few Satellite towns are neglected as a part of the development and often lack financial and technical influence of larger cities. In some cases, these towns are strongly considered for the further development with regard to the regional context. This paper presents the identified 5 satellite towns around Bangalore metropolis proposed by the Bangalore Metropolitan Regional Development Authority under the structure plan 2011. Furthermore, the towns which are well populated and exhibit definite spatial interaction pattern were considered for the study, analysed through gravity model of interaction. The linkages between the parent city and the satellite towns were determined by the flow analysis. The degree of dependency between the city and the towns were analysed based on core indicators from the literature and available data. The Town with maximum degree of dependency were carried out for significance test. Finally, the paper concludes whether the town with close proximity exhibit strong dependency with the parent city.