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STATUS OF HOUSEHOLDS IN TIPTUR TOWN

Urban settlements whether big or small predominantly have residential area as a major land use type. In this chapter the land use under the residential areas is not a focal issue, but under residential land use main aspects such as types of houses, amenities in the houses and scenario of residential area as a whole have been discussed. At present Tiptur town being a class III town in Tumkur district has 11, 286 (2001) number of households. For the purpose of detailed study of types of houses and their amenities, a large size of sample households has been selected. (See Table No. 6.1)

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URBAN HINTERLAND OF TIPTUR TOWN

‘The area linked socially and economically to a settlement is known as urban hinterland’.1 It has several synonymous terms such as ‘urban unaligned’, ‘urban field’, urban sphere of Influence’, and ‘urban zone of influence urban tributary area or catchment area. Though the terminology differs, it refers to a two-way relationship are around the town. The extent of urban hinterland depends upon factors as the size, economic – social characters and strength of the urban settlement. A.E.Smails2, Diskinson R.E3, Murphy and Vance, Singh R.L4 are the pioneers in the study of urban hinterland of British, American and Indian towns respectively. They have provided the methodology for the delineation of urban settlements and hinterlands which range from collecting data from the town itself to going to its countryside where the town’s relationship has spread in the form of distribution of goods and services. While conventional methods and parameters refer to collection of data on trade and commerce, vegetables, fruits, flowers and milk the modern aspects constitute collection of data on finding urban influence under telephone calls, banking service etc.

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