Spatio-Temporal Changes of land uses and land values in Mirik Municipality of Darjeeling District, West Bengal

Abstract

The Population in the country's over the past few years has become over populated but the amount of land are stable, so the population growth couldn’t match up with the amount of land parcel. As a result the land prices or land values has been increasing day by day. The land values are the most important factor which determines not only the growth of any town or city but also the countryside or village. To know about the shape and size of any town or city, we have to follow the land use map of that respective town or city which shows us that different places have different land use zoning. There are definite spatial pattern of land use, not just a random distributions of land parcels used for various purposes. Disparity of this land uses may depend on communication, transportation, location of the place etc. Therefore, the land values are growing very much higher due to the lack of land. In the Mirik Municipality the land values are increasing day by day due to its changing pattern of land use. Thus, the paper has an attempt to study the spatio temporal changes of land uses and land values of Mirik Municipality highlighting its present situation.