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Urban geography is a branch of human geography concerned with various aspects of cities. Urban geography is the study of urban areas. That is the study of areas which have a high concentration of buildings and infrastructure. Urban geography is the study of urban areas. That is the study of areas which have a high concentration of buildings and infrastructure. These are areas where the majority of economic activities are in the secondary sector and tertiary sectors. They often have a high population density. Urban geography is that branch of science, which deals the study of urban areas, in terms of concentration, infrastructure, economy and environmental impacts. The author also examines recent advances in the geography of inequality and of welfare in cities, and in the widening and extension of the traditional dimensions of social status, ethnicity and life cycles in patterning city space.

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Urban planning. 3. Urban housing. 4. Urban development. 5. Urban ecology. 6. Urbanisation and industrialisation. 7. Urbanisation in India. 8. Environment and industry. 9. Population and social demography. 10. Human geography. Bibliography. Index.