Integrated Regional Environmental Plan of Ganjam District 2041
The 45 second order settlements are found to serve the area of about 619,63 sq.km (76.8% of the district area) and the remaining 1873.47 sq km (23.2% of the district area) is found to be out of catchment of the service area Third Order Settlements
Service village
Figure 5.12: Third order settlement
The radius of influence for the growth centers is considered to be 5 kms and a hexagon of same radius is been drawn around each nodal point of the growth center to identify the area covered and population served also to figure out the area not under the catchment. There are 86 existing number of settlement and 24 are proposed. Master of Environmental Planning and Management 2020-22, SPA Vijayawada
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