Abstract
The recent upsurge in urban growth and decentralization of economic activities has made peripheral urban areas, the PUI, a topical issue. However, the issues once visible in the city center have moved to this PUI culminated into land transformation and city expansion. Understanding the process and actors of land use transformation in the rural-urban boundary is crucial because of its dynamic nature. The present study tries to investigate the land transformation and different actors and their role in driving these transformations. The present study was done in Aligarh City, which is relatively a small city, compared to other cities of which literature is available but it is also a fast growing city in India. The issues examined here are certainly not limited to Aligarh City and many of the features can be traced with other cities as well. Like many other cities in north India, Aligarh City is expanding fast; moreover, it is surrounded by a populous rural area with productive and rich agricultural hinterland. Such conditions give rise to many conflicts among rural and urban economies, values, and people. However, they also generate mutually beneficial complementarities in the rural and urban spheres. The net outcome is highly selective for different groups and different locations. The role of actors in PUI is strong, because it is characterized by intermixing of rural and urban activities. The trends and patterns of land transformation at any location are the outcome of certain “alliances” and “conflicts” among these individual actors.
Highlights
Our planet is transforming into a planet of cities
The present paper tries to investigate the existing land policy and to assess the ground realities, processes and actors operating in the peri-urban interface
The present study finds prevailing duality in the system of land supply which is characterized by many current urban concerns as well as throws light upon strengths and weaknesses of the actors in PUI: The study area lies in a fertile agricultural tract, where traditionally agricultural activity has been the dominant activity
Summary
Our planet is transforming into a planet of cities. Presently, 50 percent of the world’s population lives in cities, which is expected to increase up to 70 percent or more by 2050 (Angel et al, 2012). Urban planning as currently practiced in India is essentially concerned with planning the use and development of land in cities. Cities in India are emerging as centers of both hope and despair These settlements are engines of economic and infrastructural development, but at the same time poor management and destruction to natural resources have raised serious concerns. The present paper tries to investigate the existing land policy and to assess the ground realities, processes and actors operating in the peri-urban interface. The analysis for land transformation was done from three-time period data It included Aligarh City guide map at 1:20,000 scale, prepared by survey of India in 1980 and IRS satellite imageries in 2000 and 2010. To validate results of classified land use/land cover map, 25 sample points were verified which represented all major land use/land cover classes
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