Micro-Level Analysis of Human Settlements in Uttar Dinajpur District: A Quantitative Approach

Settlement plays a crucial role in both directional as well as locational planning. In human geography, any form of habitation from a single house to a mega city is known as settlement. Settlements are the actual expression of human occupation on the earth surface, have always engaged the attention of the geographer. The secondary sources data has been used for the analysis. In the present study an attempt has been made to examine the spatial pattern of settlements in terms of growth, distribution, density, size, (in term of area and population), concentration and spacing for understanding the existing position of the settlement system in the study area for the formulation of micro-level diagnostic planning to achieved balanced regional development. To analysed the distribution and spatial variation of settlements, the standard statistical technique like Mather’s Model of Mean Spacing, Gini’s technique of Coefficient of Concentration has been used. Besides, Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation and regression method has been used, and for the hypothesis testing student’s ‘t’ test has been used.https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/geography/38257/microlevel-analysis-of-human-settlements-in-uttar-dinajpur-district-a-quantitative-approach/jiyaul-hoqu