Define Urban Agglomeration (UA). (India book …

Urban agglomeration is a highly developed spatial form of integrated cities. It occurs when the relationships among cities shift from mainly competition to both competition and cooperation. In India, the word “urban agglomeration” is defined in the Census of India – which provides statistical information on different characteristics of the people of India. ... and its total population (i.e. all the constituents put together) should not be less than 20,000 as per the previous Census. Cities provide markets and also provide services such as banking, insurance, transport, labour, consultants and financial advisors, etc., to the industries. Many industries tend to come together to make use of the advantages offered by the urban centres known as agglomeration economies.