An Appraisal of Urban Morphology of Maunath Bhanjan City

By : Sanjay Kumar Bharati

Page No: 129-149

Abstract
Urban morphology refers to the physical arrangement as well as functional structure of towns and cities. It involves the study of layout pattern of internal land use, street patterns, alignment of buildings, densities and the different functions of the city. Cities are always developed and transformed through the interaction between the different social, political, economic, and technological forces. These forces create the morphology of the city. The interrelationship of man and land resources plays a significant role in the urban space. The Urban land is base for the development of the modern society and cities are the distinctive spatial units of the people, their activities and institutions. The present urban society is facing the problem of increasing population pressure on the urban land. This paper refers to analyse the structure of different urban land uses and morphology of the Maunath Bhanjan city (Uttar Pradesh). This requires a description of the nature of the urban regions, their functions and forms, their relative disposition and social interdependence that constitutes a geographical analysis of an urban area. This will be based on the toposheet, personal survey on the basis of Google earth satellite imagery, and application of modern tools and techniques, specially using ArcGIS (9. 3version).

Author :
Sanjay Kumar Bharati : Department of Geography, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; U.P., India.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/ATNAGI.2020.40.01.9