Urbanization in Garhwal Himalaya: A Geographical InterpretationThe book is designed to highlight the regional personality of the urbanization in this region. Care has been taken to present a balanced view. Development problems of the hill towns of the Garhwal Himalaya have also been discussed. This interdisiciplianary book is recommended to every studdent of geography, urban studies, town and country planning, regional studies, ekistics, urban sociology, demography, tourism and many other branches of social sciences and humanities. |
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administrative age-group agricultural Alaknanda Average Badrinath Badrinath Highway Bah Bazar Barkot Bhabhar Bhagirathi Bhatwari Bhilangana Bindal cent central Chakrata Chamoli Clement Town climate commercial confluence Dehra City Dehradun Dehradun district density Devprayag Dogadda Doon economic established factors functions Ganga Gangotri Garhwal Himalaya Gauchar Gopeshwar growth of towns Haridwar headquarters hill important increase India industrial influence Joshimath Kalagarh Kalsi Karanprayag Kedarnath Kirtinagar Kotdwar Kumaun land Landour Lansdowne Lesser Himalaya Mandakini migration mountains Muni-ki-Reti Mussoorie Nanda Devi Nandprayag Narendra Nagar pattern Pauri pilgrim places plains planning Pradesh Raipur Rajpur range ratio region religious residential ridge Rishikesh River roads routes Rudraprayag rural areas season service centre Services Zone Siwalik Siwalik Hills slopes Srinagar Supply Zone tahsil Tehri Temple terrace tourist towns are located towns of Garhwal trading centre transport centre urban areas urban centres urban field urban population urban services Uttar Kashi valley various Veerbhadra Vikasnagar Yamuna Yamunotri