Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advanced Research in Social Sciences
Year: 2024
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Regional Planning of Urban Sustainable Development in Puducherry Region, India
Adinarayanane Ramamurthy, Faiz Ahmed Chundeli, Ramesh Srikonda
ABSTRACT:
In an increasingly interdependent world faced with environmental degradation, economic development needs, and social inequities, there is a growing awareness of the need for effective regional planning in the form of integrated regional resource management. Regional planning may be defined as the integrated management of a spatially bounded area’s economic, social, and physical resources. This research presents how regional planning of the Puducherry region is developed, keeping more significant urban sustainable issues. A systematic regional geography approach is inevitable for the study region to promote balanced growth and development towards achieving sustainable development. As the geographical boundary of the Puducherry region is non-contiguous and by considering the high functional dependency between Tamil Nadu and Puducherry states, by employing Multidimensional Scalogram Analysis by the degree of fit, technically termed coefficient of continuity, which takes on a value ranging from 0 to 1.0 (a perfect fit), to arrive at the final delineation of the planning region. In this research study, an attempt has been made to quantify the physical, social infrastructures and policy-based approach to attain an environmentally sustainable pattern of development of the entire region through a coherent land use configuration and conservation of existing natural features. A Shift-Share analysis is carried out to explore the economic performance, including rationalizing Manpower Index. UNDP Governance Index has been developed with correlated equity, accountability, participatory, and effectiveness sub-indices of the study region. The study concludes with recommendations for appropriate planning guidelines through an integrated regional approach to achieve sustainable development in the study region.
keywords: Eenvironmental degradation, Regional Geography, Central Functionality Index, Shift-Share Analysis, Governance Index