Adhivas Bhugol (Geography of Settlements) (Hindi)

Book Details

• Author: Ramyagya Singh

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

• Binding: Paperback

• Pages: 342

• ISBN: 9788170339106

• Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.2 x 0.6 inches

• Languages: Hindi

About the Book

This book adopts a holistic approach to the study of rural settlements, offering both quantitative and qualitative analyses. It presents the following key topics from the cultural geography perspective:

• Human settlement systems, definitions, and classifications

• Geographical and cultural backgrounds of settlements

• Settlement dispersion and spatial-time patterns

• Place name explanations and understanding rural units

• Structure and organization of Indian villages

• Types of transformation in rural settlements

• Social spatial structure, caste, and social division

• Analysis of settlement morphology, shape, and spatial structure

• Rural housing, service centers, and market hierarchies

• Integrated planning and rationalization of rural settlements

The book is highly useful for rural geography scholars, cultural geographers, sociologists, economists, historians, anthropologists, and others involved in rural development studies. It provides deep insights for both students and researchers in understanding the intricacies of rural settlements and their development dynamics.

About the Author

Ramyagya Singh (born 1933) has been working at the University of Zambia since 1997. He has extensive experience in rural community development and rural settlements, gained through his seven-year tenure as a B.D.O. He has also worked as an Assistant Professor at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia for two years. Singh is a member of several prestigious organizations, including the National Geographical Society of India and the National Association of Geographers, India (NAGI). He has contributed several research papers published in various journals and edited books.