• Baljeet Singh

Huge investments are being made by the Government of India for development of highway projects and improve settlement development with the assumption that creation of transport infrastructure will bring about economic and social development along their corridors. However, several studies show that transportation is not the only driver of development. Also invest in urbanization or rural area of Indian states. This will help to improve faster urban growth or living environment. In this study we compare the levels of development and settlement pattern of districts that lie both on and away from the Highway corridor to assess the importance of transport infrastructure in urban and regional development. The National Highway 5 which cuts across 13 of the 22 districts of Haryana with varying levels of development within a single governance structure is taken as the case study. The major areas are Delhi NCR or other neighborhood cities of Haryana. Levels of development are assessed by using a composite index and z-scores for development indicators. Settlement pattern analyses include rank size, nearest neighborhood, kernel density and directional distribution of settlements.

To assess the levels of economic, social, demographic and infrastructural development along the Highway corridor in Haryana.

"Planning Implications of Highway Corridors on the Levels of development and settlement pattern. (Case study of Haryana state)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 9, page no.d415-d417, September-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2209349.pdf

"Planning Implications of Highway Corridors on the Levels of development and settlement pattern. (Case study of Haryana state)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 9, page no. ppd415-d417, September-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2209349.pdf