Why we should study Urbanisation ?

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Why we should study Urbanisation ?

• Global Phenomenon
• Rate of increase of Urban population 60
  million persons
• per year ( Three times the increase in the
  rural population )
• Developed Countries 80 of the population in
  urban area
• Developing Countries 40 of the population in
  urban areas
• In Developing Countries In 1950 17 of the
  population was
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  urban
• In 2020 It will be 54

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Urban Scenario in India

• In the Year 1981 23 percent
• In the Year 2001 28 percent
• and
• In the Year 2030 41 percent ( projection )
• Contribution of Urban area in the growth of
  economy
• - 70 of incomes in Industry and Trade/Hotels
• - 90 of incomes in Banking and Insurance

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PROCESS OF URBANISATION

• Urbanisation is the result of rapid
  industrialization.
• Setting up of several big industries in a
  particular area results in
• urbanization of the said area.
• This leads to large scale migration of people to
  the cities.
• New townships come up in and around the city in
  order to
• accommodate the increase in popluation.

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Process of Urbanisation

• Plenty of Job Opportunities
• Urbanisation grows faster after the proportion
  of urban
• Population has reached 25
• Urban population in India 29
• Contributing factors Economic reforms and
  Globalisation,
• 
  Liberalisation
• Funds for urban infrastructure Institutional
  financing,
• 
  Capital Markets

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Benefits of Urbanisation

• Benefits to Government Urban areas contribute
  to 50 of
• Indias GDP
• Benefits to Citizens Large Scale development of
  Roads,
• Transport, Housing Complexes,
• Potable water supply,
• Educational Institutes, Financial Institutions
• - Employment opportunities
• - Improvement in QUALITY OF LIFE

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Problems of Urbanisation

• Growing Disparities in Infrastructure and
  Investment
• in Developing Countries
• - Disparities between large and small urban
  areas
• - Income Disparities between Skilled/Organised
• manpower and Semiskilled/unorganized
• manpower
• Strain on Services and Resources
• Need of the Hour Balanced Growth
• Synchronisation between rate of urbanisation
• and rate of growth of
  urban infrastructure

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DRAWBACKS OF UNPLANNED URBANIZATION
Urbanization also leads to increase in
vehicles which leads to environmental
pollution Cost of living for poorer sections
of the society may become unbearable
Unhygenic conditions lead to growth in instances
of diseases like chicken gunea ,dengue and
plague etc., Urbanization also leads to
encroachment of forest areas, green cover there
by depleting forest cover.
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Problems of Urbanisation ( Contd )

• Strain on Ecosystem
• - depleting forest cover
• - depleting green cover

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How to overcome the Drawbacks of Rapid
Urbanisation ?

• Plan for Balanced Growth
• Anticipate the rate of urbanisation in advance
  and develop
• the infrastructure in time
• More and more private sector involvement in
  infrastructure
• development and delivery of services
• Decent Housing and Civic amenities for Slum
  dwellers
• Free healthcare, education, vocational training
  for urban poor
• Protecting the lakes, implementing green belts
  around the cities
• ( satellite images, vegetation data,
  urbanization maps, etc. )

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CONCLUSION

• Urbanization is good for country and people and
  is inevitable
• Balanced and Planned Urbanization in Developing
  countries
• is the need of the hour
• Immediate action points
• - increase the green cover and protect the
  lakes
• - improve the quality of life of slum dwellers
• - improve the conditions of roads, sanitation,
• drainage system
• Joint action by city planners, NGOs, Government
  / Corporation,
• Industries, Institutes, Citizens

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