Smart cities in India cannot flourish without smart villages. Discuss this statement in the context of rural-urban integration.

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Physical geography, distribution of key natural resources, factors for industrial location, geophysical phenomena (earthquakes, cyclones, volcanoes).

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Discovered through overlapping concepts: Smart Cities & Smart Villages, Rurban Mission, Rural-Urban Migration

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