Prognostication of Urbanisation Growth and Level in Pune District of Maharashtra State an Using GIS Technique

Abstract

The most important factors behind urbanization are industrialization, commercialization, urban change and employment. The two most important factors are push and pull.Urbanization is a process in which people move to live in cities permanently. Economic development or personal economic advancement of human being is an important objective for urbanization or this process. Due to economic activity, a large number of people from rural areas or people from other cities migrate to big cities. Urbanization is primarily a process of transformation from rural areas to industrialized urban area. In terms of urbanization in India, 11.4 per cent people lived in urban area in 1901 census period, 28. 53 per cent in 2001 census period and 31.28 per cent in 2011 census and 34.47 per cent in 2019 year as well as India's urban growth rate is 2.07%. This research paper is based on the secondary data information. This data is taken from District Census of Pune form 1991 to 2011 census periods. The main objective of this research is geographical and analytical analysis of urbanization in Pune district.