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Suyash DwivediAIR 94· 2015

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Rising Slum Population: about 17.7% of India's population lives in slums. There have been action like providing affordable housing like Indira Awas Yojana, PM Awas Yojana but proper implementation needs to be done.

Rising Congestion and Reducing Green Space: Green India Mission (GIM) started to counter this. Still in hurdles to counter this. However certain class of project. However certain class like Hubbli Sponge city of China could be used.

Ecological & Environmental & Urban Heat Island & Pollution: This can be seen each year in Delhi Smog. Certain measures like GRAP, SAITA, NCHP have been roped in but the fundamental cause of the problem still remain un-addressed.

Flash Floods: Urban Flash Hazard phenomenon due to rapid urbanization is the drainage system was not meant to carry load of such heavy population. Eg. Hyderabad Heat loss, Chennai 2015 (2381), etc

ECONOMICAL

Inequality Rise: The urbanization of India has resulted in very unequal distribution of resources. According to OXFAM in 2020 about 10% people controlled 70% of all resources in India.

There has been focus on INCLUSIVE GROWTH eg- PDS scheme, Ujjwala 2.0, etc.

LEGAL

Rise in Crime: Rapid urbanization causes the crime rate to chief up. Several new cities like Kanpur, Varanasi have been brought under Police commissionerate system to counter this.

The transition towards urbanization is a must for economic growth of India but it must be equitable, distributed and properly planned.

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The transition towards urbanization is a must for economic growth of India but it must be equitable, distributed and properly planned.

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  • Multi-dimensional coverage of challenges
  • Specific case studies from Indian cities
  • References to specific governance measures
  • Covers economic and legal dimensions
  • Strong conclusion synthesizing different aspects
  • References contemporary data (OXFAM 2020)

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Suyash Dwivedi

AIR 942015

Subject & Paper

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Topic

Urbanization and Associated Issues

Multiple urbanization challenges

Environmental, ecological, infrastructure challenges

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254

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9

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analytical and balanced

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