‘Cities, Urbanisation and Urban Systems’ is the first and the only book on Settlement Geography and the first text book on Urban Geography by any Indian author. It is an effort to bring out a complete, concrete text book on the aspects of Urban Geography with latest data and analyses..

The basic intention of this book is to provide all needed information which the UPSC aspirants require, with all modern day content, illustrations and presentations to help to visualize the concepts in a better manner, add realism to the subject and to further the interest of the students. The book is made in such a manner that there can not be a second book like this. In terms of quality, the facts have been cross checked, the compilation mind blowing and the language very solid, like the way it should be. The Book is a must for students preparing Geography optional of the Union Civil Services as well as State PCS for Civil Services

The idea is to make it matchless either content wise, concept wise language wise, illustration wise or design wise.

It is one of those books that you DONT READ, BUT YOU WATCH, interact with the videos on the chapter and keep upgrading yourself automatically through notification.

The Book is organised into three sections—Cities, the Urban System in which the cities form and Urbanisation.

I.  The Section on cities deals with—

• the origin of cities,
• the factors behind their origin,
• the factors behind the localisation and growth of cities;
• the type of cities and their classification,
• the modern names of the cities are assuming;
• the differences in the city in their internal structure,
• the theories that explain the differences and the comparison;
• the nature of the Central Business District, its delimitation and changing importance, the recent decline of the Central Business District, the study of the periphery, the rural urban fringe, its nature and characteristics and the limits of the city influence.

II. The Section on Urban Systems deals with the interrelationship between different urban places both

horizontally and vertically:

III. The—last section deals with—the various aspects of Urbanisation—the numerical aspect, the demographic aspect and the behavioural aspect. The book ends with a short but recent introduction on problems of Urbanisation. The book is organised in such a manner that it moves smoothly from one section to another, one chapter to another.

The book also contains a comprehensive glossary and a good reference section.