Urbanization in India: Present Scenario and New Directions for Sustainable Urban Living
T.G. Sitharam
Professor of Civil Engineering Chairman, Centre for infrastructure and Sustainable Transportation & Urban Planning (CiSTUP) Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Event Description
Event language: English
Urbanization in India is mainly due to liberalization of its economy after the 1990s, which gave rise to the development of the private sector. Presently, urbanization is taking place at a faster rate in India, but still, only 1/3 of its population live in urban areas. Currently, as per the 2011 census, there are 53 cities with a million plus people, and by 2031 that number will rise to 87. Also by that time, some of the major metropolitan areas will become major economic powerhouses that have higher GDP than the current GDP of countries such as Portugal, UAE and Israel. Also, some of these areas will have a larger population than the current population of countries such as Canada, Malaysia and Australia.
Cities provide major opportunities for sustainable development given that they have large numbers of people in a small footprint or area. These cities offer significant economies of scale which provide jobs, housing and services. There is a need to fully realize the potential of Indian cities for ecological, economic and social sustainability. This urbanization can only be harnessed and sustained by inclusive planning that provides affordable transportation, continuous water supply, modern sewage treatment and a good solid waste management system. The government of India has been channelling funds, which has long been overdue, to renew its urban spaces through various schemes. It has also been tweaking its approaches to urbanization by cataloguing projects that were successful and those that failed. It is also beginning to see the value of Private Public Partnerships. This presentation highlights the present and future urbanization prospects in India with a road map for sustainable urban living in Indian cities.
Programme
14:30 - 14:35 Opening Remarks
Govindan Parayil (Director, UNU-IAS and Vice-Rector, UNU)
14:35 - 15:25 Urbanization in India: Present Scenario and New Directions for Sustainable Urban Living
T.G. Sitharam (Professor of Civil Engineering and Chairman, Centre for infrastructure and Sustainable Transportation & Urban Planning (CiSTUP), Indian Institute of Science (IISc))
15:25 - 16:00 Discussion
日時：2013年8月30日（金）14:30 - 16:00
場所：国連大学高等研究所（横浜市西区みなとみらい1-1-1 パシフィコ横浜国際協力センター６Ｆ）
参加費：無料
申込方法：ホームページより申込（8月29日（木）まで）
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問合先：
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