BOOK SUMMARY OF INTRODUCTION TO RURAL SETTLEMENT
The theoretical aspects of Rural Settlement geography have been regimented for
the study of Indian villages which have passed through the change of
environmental scenario. Its rural population of over 600 million witness
thousands of rural settlements washed away in the furry of floods and bear the
agonies of drought and break-out of fire annually. The inhabitants display a
remarkable resilience in the process of settlement and resettlement
characterised by great regional variations in the form, type and patterns of
rural settlements and housing conditions. These situations have changed as
witnessed the habitat year of 1987 and the world