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Volume : I, Issue : XII, January - 2012 Road Density and Levels of Development in West Bengal Jabir Hasan Khan and Shamshad DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : The present paper is an attempt to analyse the spatial patterns of road density, variations in the level
of development and casual relationship between road density (dependent variable) and selected variables
of socio-economic development (independent variables) among the districts of the state of West Bengal. The
entire research work is based on secondary sources of data, collected from Census of India publications
(2001), New Delhi and Bureau of Applied Economics and Statistics, West Bengal state Govt. publications
(2002-03), Kolkata. The boundary of the district has been taken as a smallest unit of the study. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : Jabir Hasan Khan and Shamshad, (2012). Road Density and Levels of Development in West Bengal. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. I, Issue. XII, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/637.pdf References : - Aderamo, A. J. & Magaji, S. A. (2010) 'Rural Transportation and the Distribution of Public Facilities in Nigeria: A Case of Education Local Government Area of Kwara State', Journal of Human Ecology, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 171-179.
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