• Dr. S.Dharmaraj

Tamilnadu has emerged as the second largest economy in India. Cities exist and grow because of economies of urban agglomeration associated with industrial and trade activities. In recent past, liberalisation, rapidly growing IT sector, an educated, hardworking and disciplined work force etc, accelerating economic development have also contributed to the growth of urban areas in Tamilnadu. Urbanisation is a key indicator of economic development and should be seen as a positive factor for overall development, as an economy grows its towns and cities expand in size and volume and the contribution of the urban sector to the national economy increases. The rapid growth of urbanization has been a worldwide phenomenon in the twentieth century and it’s extremely new phenomenon in human history. The process of urbanisation result in the release of workforce from the agricultural pursuits makes labourers available in industrial and other non-agricultural sectors of the urban economy. The trends in urbanisation in the state it is found that there is a positive trend registered in the case of urbanisation since the number of people in the urban area , i.e. Urban population has increased from 8.99 crores (26.99%) in 1961 to 34.95 crores (48.45%) in 2011. Further the number of towns has also increased from 339 to 1097 during 1961 to 2011 period.

Urbanisation- Liberalisation- Push and Pull Factors- Metropolitan City-Infrastructure –Social Change- Participatory Management

"EMERGING PATTERN OF URBANISATION IN TAMIL NADU ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.450-458, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811460.pdf

"EMERGING PATTERN OF URBANISATION IN TAMIL NADU ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp450-458, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811460.pdf