Which of the following statements about different types of urban settlements are correct?

(A) All settlement with more than 5000 people are considered census town in India
(B) Conurbation is merging of two or more nearby towns/cities
(C) London is the first million city of the world
(D) Megalopolis is a Greek word meaning great city.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(B), (C), (D) Only

The census of India, 1991 defines urban settlements as “All places which have municipality, corporation, cantonment board or notified town area committee and have a minimum population of 5000 persons (A is incorrect), at least 75 per cent of male workers are engaged in non-agricultural pursuits and a density of population of at least 400 persons per square kilometers are urban.

The term conurbation was coined by Patrick Geddes in 1915 and applied to a large area of urban development that resulted from the merging of originally separate towns or cities (B is correct). Greater London, Manchester, Chicago and Tokyo are examples.

London is the first million city of the world. (C is correct).

Megalopolis This Greek word meaning “great city”, was popularised by Jean Gottman (1957) and signifies ‘super- metropolitan’ region extending, as union of conurbations. The urban landscape stretching from Boston in the north to south of Washington in U.S.A. is the best known example of a megalopolis.(D is correct)