• Mohana Basu

The process of urbanization has a tremendous effect on the demographic structure of any region. In the recent era, the impact of urbanization and industrialisation can be widely felt over the world. The developing countries are marching towards urbanization at a massive scale and India in this regard is not lagging behind. The Asansol Durgapur Planning Area (ADPA), is a potential region marching towards urbanization due to the presence of industries in this area. Hence in this region the impact of urbanization on the demographic structure and also the problems associated with industrialisation has been discussed. It has been observed that urbanization has cast a massive impact on the demographic structure of ADPA which is observable in the population density, employment scenario etc. However, indiscriminate industrial activities have led to the emergence of several problems like land subsidence, mining, pollution. This paper mainly based on secondary data attempts to discuss the scenario of urbanization, demography and problems of industrialisation in ADPA.

Urbanization, Industrialisation, Demographic Structure, Land subsidence

"A GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF URBANIZATION, DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE AND PROBLEMS IN ASANSOL DURGAPUR PLANNING AREA (ADPA)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.280-289, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808522.pdf

"A GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF URBANIZATION, DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE AND PROBLEMS IN ASANSOL DURGAPUR PLANNING AREA (ADPA)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp280-289, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808522.pdf