Urban Functionality and Sphere of Influence: A Case Study on Urban Centres of Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal

Authors

  • Jayashree Guin JRF Research scholar, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
  • Dr. Krishnendu Gupta Assistsnt professor, Department of Geography, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2022.v07.i09.007

Keywords:

periphery region, functional importance, sphere of influence, hierarchical distribution

Abstract

City and their surroundings are functionally interdependent and it grows through interaction with the periphery. If an urban centre develops, it diffuses its development in surrounding rural areas which can help to develop the whole region. For this reason, it is necessary to find out the growth centres their functional relations with the adjoining area. This paper is an attempt to identify the functional importance of the urban centres their hierarchical distribution and also to delineate the sphere of influence of urban centres of Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal. Various statistical techniques are to be incorporated for this purpose. The result indicates that higher the functional importance greater the zone of influence and vice-versa.

Author Biographies

Jayashree Guin , JRF Research scholar, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India

Jayashree Guin received her Bachelors and Master’s Degree in Geography from Burdwan University, Burdwan, West Bengal, India. Thereafter she joined as JRF- Research Scholar in the Department of Geography in Viswa Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India. Presently she is in continuation of her Ph.D. programme from the mentioned institute.

Dr. Krishnendu Gupta, Assistsnt professor, Department of Geography, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India

Dr. Krishnendu Gupta is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Geography at Visvs-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India. He completed his postgraduate degree (MA in Geography) from the same university in 1990. In 1992, he did his Post Graduate Diploma in Remote Sensing Application in Human Settlement Analysis (Urban and Regional Planning) from the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun. Then, in 2003, he got his Ph.D. degree from Visva- Bharati University in "Applied Geomorphology." His research interests include applied geomorphology, regional planning, remote sensing techniques, urban geography, etc. A total of nine research scholars have completed their PhD degrees to date, with four more on the way. He has authored 36 international and national research publications in various reputed journals, along with 7 book chapters in edited books.

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Guin , J. ., & Gupta, K. . (2022). Urban Functionality and Sphere of Influence: A Case Study on Urban Centres of Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal . RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary, 7(9), 38–52. https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2022.v07.i09.007

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