Question

Which is the satellite city of Mumbai?
A. Navi Mumbai
B. Pune
C. Nashik
D. Nagpur

Answer 1

Hint:- Satellite city or town is a concept related to urban planning.
- This concept was given by Ebenezer Howard who introduced the Garden City principles.
- In India, there are many satellite cities such as Noida, Ghaziabad, Mamallapuram etc.

Complete answer:
Meaning:- Satellite city concept is used to deal with a major challenge for the development of mega cities in a country which is urban sprawling. These cities are self-sufficient, have a limited number and are built-in proximity to the mega cities. The aim of building such cities is to take in the over urbanisation of the mega cities and to provide new investment opportunities to various large scale industries. These cities can also come out as an economic sub center and their formation further leads to the optimum use of land.
Satellite cities of India are Gurugram, Sonipat, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan, Vasai Palghar and Amravati etc. In 1972, Navi Mumbai was developed as a new urban township in Mumbai. Its population has reached more than 1 million inhabitants. It is one of the largest new cities planned in the world and was conceived as a satellite city to relieve the pressure on Mumbai.

Hence the correct answer is option A.

Note:- Satellite cities are different from the suburbs because they are located kilometres away from the central city thus having little commuting activities with the cities, unlike the suburbs which are joined with the central city because of commuting activities. But satellite cities are related to the central cities for their economic activities. This is the major difference between them both.