Identification of Urban Centres for Conducting Population Census; Need for Combining GIS with Socio-economic Data

Amitabh Kundu ()
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Amitabh Kundu: World Resources Institute and Research and Information System for Developing Countries

A chapter in Sustainable Development Insights from India, 2021, pp 61-83 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter studies issues involved in the identification of urban centres and determining their boundaries. It takes a critical look at the prevailing procedures of distinguishing urban centres from rural areas (and related terms) and proposes a new approach for areal classification and an operational methodology to address the current deficiencies in the system as followed in South Asian countries in conducting their population Census. An examination of the methodologies used by global institutions for delimiting urban centres’ boundaries and estimating urban population is undertaken including OECD methods, the framework used in World Development Report and the e-Geopolis project. A fourfold criteria for areal classification are proposed. The method proposed is illustrated with a case study of Sri Lanka, comparing results with their official estimates. Integrating GIS technology with socio-economic data, it highlights how existing estimates of urban population would change as a result of the new approach.

Keywords: Population Census; Urbanisation; Defining urban centres; South Asia; Sampling and methodology; GIS application (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-33-4830-1_4

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