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“Urban Geography is nothing but city “in” area and city “as” area.” Elaborate.

  • UPSC 2013
  • Population and Settlement Geography

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Urban geography, in Raymond Murphy's (1966) twofold definition, studies the city's location, growth and relationship with its hinterland, and simultaneously its internal morphology, land use and social landscape — precisely the city “in” area and the city “as” area.

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  • The City “In” Area: Hierarchy, Spacing and Primacy
  • Delimiting the Umland: Measuring the City Through Its Region
  • The City “As” Area: Ecological Models of Internal Land Use
  • Social Areas and the Morphology of Indian Cities
  • Complementarity: External Role Produces Internal Form
  • Why “Nothing But” Overstates
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