Regarded as a special area of interest within population geography, studiesundertaken in this area are a mix of both general and contemporary-specific population issues relating to population growth/change and migration. There is little change in thefocus of research during the period under review. It is necessary that studies pertaining to the impact of rapid population growth, migration, population pressure, ageing and globalization etc. need to be taken up with urgency for their important role in population change.
Settlement Geography
This is a traditionally important area of research that has attracted good number ofresearches. Moving away from the conventional analysis of size, form and location ofsettlements, Indian geographers have made important contribution to studies on functional aspects and locational characteristics of human activities as well as spatiofunctional organization of economic landscape. Issue pertaining to the impacts emanatingfrom hyper-urbanization and diversified urban systems are recommended as importantareas for future research.
Urbanization
Urban geography is one of the most dynamic sub-disciplines of geography. It hasbeen moving forward in its philosophical perspectives and thematic contents. However, the urban process as is viewed by geographers has been perceived more as a demographicphenomenon drawing largely on data available from successive census operations. Nevertheless, Indian urban geography has been unfolding several new dimensions including environmental issues of the built environment and sustainability of the presenturban systems. More intensive research is recommended for studies on ecologicalimplications of urban fringe, the natural and human induced hazards and disasters in theurban context and alternative models of indigenous city which is energy efficient, ecofriendly
and sustainable.
Regional Development and Planning
Economic reforms initiated in India in the nineties and its regional impacts-bothapparent and likely-have dominated researches in this field of study. The review howeverreflects a vast range of interests and research areas covered by geographers in relation toissues of regional development. The studies indicate that the shackles of a centralised planning perspective has largely become unrecognisable and on the other hand, a morelocal based concern, grass-root based issues but not entirely discounting the broadercanvass, have come to stay in the subject as it has been evolving in India over a decade or so.
Settlement Geography
This is a traditionally important area of research that has attracted good number ofresearches. Moving away from the conventional analysis of size, form and location ofsettlements, Indian geographers have made important contribution to studies on functional aspects and locational characteristics of human activities as well as spatiofunctional organization of economic landscape. Issue pertaining to the impacts emanatingfrom hyper-urbanization and diversified urban systems are recommended as importantareas for future research.
Urbanization
Urban geography is one of the most dynamic sub-disciplines of geography. It hasbeen moving forward in its philosophical perspectives and thematic contents. However, the urban process as is viewed by geographers has been perceived more as a demographicphenomenon drawing largely on data available from successive census operations. Nevertheless, Indian urban geography has been unfolding several new dimensions including environmental issues of the built environment and sustainability of the presenturban systems. More intensive research is recommended for studies on ecologicalimplications of urban fringe, the natural and human induced hazards and disasters in theurban context and alternative models of indigenous city which is energy efficient, ecofriendly
and sustainable.
Regional Development and Planning
Economic reforms initiated in India in the nineties and its regional impacts-bothapparent and likely-have dominated researches in this field of study. The review howeverreflects a vast range of interests and research areas covered by geographers in relation toissues of regional development. The studies indicate that the shackles of a centralised planning perspective has largely become unrecognisable and on the other hand, a morelocal based concern, grass-root based issues but not entirely discounting the broadercanvass, have come to stay in the subject as it has been evolving in India over a decade or so.
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