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    conurbation

    town planning
    surjeedh | sukanya
    The term "conurbation" was coined in 1915 by Patrick Geddes in his book Cities In
    Evolution. He drew attention to the ability of the (then) new technology of electric
    power and motorised transport to allow cities to spread and agglomerate together,
    and gave as examples:

    "Midlandton" in England, the Ruhr in Germany, Randstad in the Netherlands, New


    York City–North Jersey in the United States, the Greater Tokyo Area, Taiheiyō
    Belt in Japan, NCR of Delhi in India, and Southern Metro Manila in the Philippines.

    Randstad in the Netherlands


    A conurbation is a region comprising a
    number of cities, large towns, and
    other urban areas that, through
    population growth and physical
    expansion, have merged to form one
    continuous urban and industrially
    developed area.

    In most cases, a conurbation is a


    polycentric urban agglomeration, in which
    transportation has developed to link areas
    to create a single urban labor
    market or travel to work area.
    New York Metropolitan area

    A conurbation consists of adjacent


    metropolitan areas that are connected
    with one another by urbanization.
    National Capital Region (India)

    The National Capital Region (NCR) is the


    designation for a conurbation or metropolitan
    area in India.

    It encompasses the entire National Capital


    Territory of Delhi, including New Delhi and
    urban areas surrounding it in neighboring
    states of Haryana, Uttar
    Pradesh and Rajasthan.

    NCR is India's largest and one of the world's


    largest agglomeration with a population of over
    46,069,000.[2]:6 All the areas of NCR together
    generated GDP of $128.9 billion in 2011-12,
    which was 7.5 percent of the Indian GDP.
    National Capital Territory of Delhi as
    captured by satellite
    Delhi and its urban region have been given the special status of National Capital Region (NCR) under
    the Constitution of India's 69th Amendment Act of 1991.

    In July 2013, NCR was expanded to include three more districts, Bhiwani, and Mahendragarh in the
    state of Haryana, as well asBharatpur in the state of Rajasthan. This brought the number of districts in
    NCR to 19, with the total NCR area increasing 34% to 46,208 km2.

    There are now a total of 22 districts (plus Delhi NCT) within NCR, covering a total area of 58,332 km2.

    The four constituent Sub-Regions of NCR are as follows:

    The Haryana Sub-Region comprises thirteen


    districts: Bhiwani, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Jhajjar, Jind, Karnal, Mewat, Ma
    hendragarh (Narnaul), Panipat, Palwal, Rewari,Rohtak and Sonepat.

    The Uttar Pradesh Sub-Region comprises seven


    districts: Baghpat, Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh
    Nagar, Hapur, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar.

    The Rajasthan Sub-Region comprises two


    districts: Alwar and Bharatpur

    Delhi, which constitutes about 2.9% of the land area of the


    Region.
    New Delhi Skyline

    Thanking you..

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