{"id":207076,"date":"2022-09-22T19:17:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T13:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=207076"},"modified":"2022-09-22T19:17:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T13:47:17","slug":"india100-whats-ahead-for-urbanisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india100-whats-ahead-for-urbanisation\/","title":{"rendered":"India@100: What’s ahead for urbanisation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cIndia@100: What’s ahead for urbanisation?\u201d <\/strong>published in the Business Standard <\/b>on\u00a022nd <\/sup>September 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus<\/span><\/b>: GS 1: Urbanisation, their problems and their remedies.
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Relevance<\/strong>: Solution to India’s urbanisation.<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: The pace at which India urbanises will be a defining factor in achieving India’s developmental goals in the next 25 years.<\/p>\n

What is the current pace of India’s urbanisation?<\/h5>\n

Since the 1950s, the speed of urbanisation in India has witnessed a consistent rise. According to the World Urbanisation Prospects (2018 Revision), an urbanisation growth rate of 2.4% was observed between 2010 and 2018.<\/p>\n

By 2022, India\u2019s projected rate of urbanisation was expected to be 35.9%, and by 2047, this is expected to increase to approximately 50.9%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Must read: Urbanisation and the Need for Sustainable Cities \u2013 Explained, pointwise<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What are the challenges faced in India’s urbanisation?<\/h5>\n

Unplanned urbanisation<\/strong>: This resulted in\u00a0<\/strong>Indian cities are plagued with issues like sewage management, urban planning, declining water table and air quality that negatively influences the ease of living.<\/p>\n

Urbanisation follows the trajectory of economic development<\/strong>: Kerala has a projected urban population of around 73.19% in 2022, which is expected to increase to over 96% by 2036. In comparison, states like Assam and Bihar have an abysmal projected population of 15.4% and 12.2%, respectively, in 2022, which is expected to marginally increase to 17.16% and 13.2% by 2036.<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>: Union Territories like Delhi and Chandigarh are projected to be 100% urbanised in the same time period.<\/em><\/p>\n

Asymmetric pattern of urbanisation<\/strong>: This is characterised by India\u2019s unique social structure and kinship ties that tend to restrict mobility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: Increasing the pace of India\u2019s urbanisation\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What should be done to make India’s urbanisation sustainable?<\/h5>\n

Match with peers<\/strong>: India has to unequivocally aim at matching the rate of urbanisation prevalent among its peers. At present, India is lagging behind its peers in urbanisation.<\/p>\n

Focus on the micro level<\/strong>: Districts shape the larger economic spatiality of the country. So, India needs to pay attention to the impact of urbanisation at the micro level. According to a report, urban districts roughly account only for 30% of all districts in the country. So,\u00a0India needs to focus on the districts lagging behind and push for a faster rate of planned urbanisation.<\/p>\n

Planned urbanisation<\/strong>: Well-planned cities lead to a)<\/strong> value creation through optimal distribution and utilisation of resources, b)<\/strong> fosters ease of living and prosperity through sustainable growth and economic productivity of its citizens, and c)<\/strong> result in more stable social structure of cities.<\/p>\n

So, India needs to 1)<\/strong> Redesign cities<\/strong> by looking at sustainable objectives and socio-economic growth and 2)<\/strong> Target key reform areas<\/strong>, from remodelling its urban governance system to making it more people-centric.<\/p>\n

Maintain urbanisation rate<\/strong>: The urbanisation rate must be regulated to prevent a population surge only in larger cities. This will aid in the process of building sustainable pathways to socio-economic development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: <\/strong>Measures to promote sustainable urbanisation<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

A dual focus on planned and uniform urbanisation will provide global recognition for India\u2019s urban story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cIndia@100: What’s ahead for urbanisation?\u201d published in the Business Standard on\u00a022nd September 2022. Syllabus: GS 1: Urbanisation, their problems and their remedies. Relevance: Solution to India’s urbanisation. News: The pace at which India urbanises will be a defining factor in achieving India’s developmental goals in the next 25… Continue reading India@100: What’s ahead for urbanisation?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[10503,263],"class_list":["post-207076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-business-standard","tag-gs-paper-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}