The Rural-Urban Metamorphosis

Urbanization is as much as an impact as it results in transformation of landuse, environment and culture of communities thereby altering people's way of living prominently in the interface. Such rapid urbanization is transforming the spatial and social pattern of any city. This starts with extension of urban core towards the rural villages forming rural-urban interface, a spatial transformation on the urban periphery. The process leads to the formation of 'urban villages' which are service provider to the sophisticated core and account for the migration pull to the city. This article studies the National Capital Territory of Delhi and identifies the causes of change and its impact on the urban villages. The aspect of study is to understand the image of an urban village and its contribution to the development of a city. By this, the considerations for both the metamorphosis of the village and livelihood of the villagers will be analyzed and thus the drawbacks and necessities for a sustainable planning of the city region.