Spatial Distribution of Human Development Indicators Using Census Data: Case of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration

Majumdar, Mouli; Sen, Joy

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Mouli Majumdar⁹ &
Joy Sen¹⁰

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The relation between HDI and urbanization is not a direct one and is dependent more on how the urban areas are managed. Thus, urban areas provide both opportunities for enhancing human capabilities and also points of deprivation and inequality. On one hand, metropolitan areas do provide better access to educational and health services, employment opportunities, higher wages, and basic services so it may have a positive effect on human development which forms a good argument to explore this aspect further. On the other hand, are these opportunities equally accessible to all in urban areas? Firstly, the growth of a metropolis does not always lead to economic growth and secondly, higher GDP does not always mean higher HDI. So, to understand the nature of metropolitan development it is crucial that the spatial variations in human development of its population are explored which indicates the socio-economic condition of the metropolis and its urban footprint.

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Department of Architecture and Planning, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal, 711103, India
Mouli Majumdar
Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721302, India
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Results from Local Indicator of Spatial Aggregation

See Figs. 11.9, 11.10, 11.11.

3 maps of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration present the distribution of results for L I S A for the years 1991, 2001, and, 2011. In 1991 and 2001, a high-to-high cluster is observed at the core which shrinks in 2011 with an appearance of the high-to-high cluster in the outer periphery in the north. — **Fig. 11.9**

3 maps of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration present the distribution of results for L I S A for the years 1991, 2001, and, 2011. A high-to-high cluster is observed at the core and in the outer periphery in 1991 and in the inner periphery in 2001. No high-to-high cluster is observed in 2011. — **Fig. 11.10**

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Majumdar, M., Sen, J. (2024). Spatial Distribution of Human Development Indicators Using Census Data: Case of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration. In: Goswami, A.K., Aithal, B.H., Maitra, S., Banerjee, A. (eds) Infrastructure and Built Environment for Sustainable and Resilient Societies. IBSR 2023. Sustainable Civil Infrastructures. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1503-9_11

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