The last two decades have witnessed high population growth in India’s urban areas. In Kerala, urban population content has increased from 7.1% in 1901 to 26.40% in 1991. A slight decline in this proportion to 26% has been recorded in 2001 census. The process of urbanization of an area can be assessed in relation to its urban population content. The urban population content of Kerala state is 47.72%, whereas that of the Kannur District is 65.04%. Kannur, being the administrative headquarters, of the district has an influence over the whole district. GIS database provides invaluable inputs, not only for planning of infrastructure like road, sewerage and drinking water, but also helps to manage important services to various stakeholders. All the above planning components are interlinked with each other. Moreover, the whole municipal planning is related with the regional planning and the planning of neighboring municipalities. It is possible to integrate slum development plan with infrastructure development as well as the local economic development plan. In a democratic setup, this GIS framework simultaneously provides transparency to the elected representatives who run the municipalities and to the stakeholders.
Impact Factor
2022: 6.012
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