Satellite cities

Subject: Geography

Context:

Five municipal corporations of Mumbai’s satellite cities Thane, Mira Bhayander, Kalyan Dombivali, Navi Mumbai and Panvel have announced a 10-day lockdown following a spike in Covid-19 in their areas.

Concept:

• The satellite city is one of the popular concepts in the urban planning. It is the small metropolitan area is located near to the large metropolitan area.
• The satellite town has the traditional downtown that surrounded by the neighborhoods of inner city.
• The satellite city or satellite town manages the urban sprawl. The satellite town provides best solution to the urbanization problems.