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A settlement hierarchy is a way of arranging settlements into a hierarchy based upon

their population or some other criteria. The term is used by landscape historians and in
the National Curriculum[1] for England. The term is also used in the planning system for
the UK and for some other countries such as Ireland, India and Swaziland. The term
was used without comment by the geographer Brian Roberts in 1972.[2]
The greater the population in a settlement, the larger geographic area, the higher the
status and the greater the availability of services. Position in a settlement hierarchy can
also depend on the sphere of influence. This is how far people will travel to use the
services in the settlement, if people travel further the town becomes more important
and ranks higher in settlement hierarchy.
Position in an accepted settlement hierarchy can imply status [4] which in turn reinforces
the position of the settlement in the hierarchy. Status can derive from being the
residence of a King or high-ranking member of the nobility or from being the location of
a major religious establishment. A formal hierarchy of settlements, known as a multiple
estate appears to have been common in 10th century England. [5] The centre of an estate
(often called a "caput") could be supported by subsidiary settlements sometimes given
specialised roles. For example, a Saxon royal estate might be supported by settlements
specialising in production of cheese or barley or maintaining flocks of sheep.
The settlement pattern in India is in a state of equilibrium and has remained so over a
period of time. Equilibrium has different meanings in physics and chemistry. The
Chambers Twenty-first Century Dictionary defines it a state of balance. It is from this
angle, therefore, that the subject will be approached.
A planned city for an environment of convenience should have a hierarchical cellular
structure; with nuclei to contain essential facilities and services at different levels. The
pattern of a community module is conceived as residential area containing a
neighbourhood with senior school and shopping facilities for day-to-day needs as
focal points. The higher level of additional facilities is to be provided at Community,
District and Zonal/sub-city levels. Such a structure could be maintained in the process
of the preparation of plans on the basis of the standards set in the following table:-

The scope for development of urban extensions on a large scale is restricted due to
limitations of buildable/ urbanisable land in Delhi. Therefore, the option of
redevelopment and upgradation of developed urban land, through a process of
reorganisation and utilisation of the land already developed, will have to be a major
element of the overall city development plan. For efficient and optimum utilization of
the existing urban land, both in planned and unplanned areas, a redevelopment
strategy for accommodating more population in a planned manner is to be taken up on
priority in all use zones. This would have to be based on provision of infrastructure viz.

water supply, sewerage, road network, open spaces and the essential social
infrastructure. To encourage the growth impulse for regeneration in the target
redevelopment areas, the possible incentives and modalities recommended include
grant of planning permission at the scheme level with permission to reorganize/pool
properties for planning purposes, provision of social infrastructure through
Transferable Development Rights or Accommodation Reservation and reduced space
standards for unplanned areas, enhanced FAR for specified redevelopment areas and
application of flexible concept of mix-use zones in Special Area & Villages on scheme
basis.