Continuation of Q17: Urban areas experiencing various natural and man-made disasters - discussion and mitigation strategies.

natural and man made disasters - 1) Heading up of urban areas due to urban heat effect of high rise building making them heat island 2) Sudden torrential rainfall in urban area leading to sewage problem 3) Encroachment of wetlands causing urban flood eg. Yamuna plain in Delhi, Vembanad in Bangalore 4) Pressure on infrastructure eg. Morbi Bridge collapse 5) Increasing bore invalid due to unsustainable buildings eg. Rajkot growing zone crisis 6) Ghettoization: 17.1 slum households increased