Natural Environment: Towards (Re)Generative Cities

Piyush Tiwari, Ranesh Nair, Pavan Ankinapalli, Jyoti Rao, Pritika Hingorani and Manisha Gulati

Chapter 6 in India’s Reluctant Urbanization, 2015, pp 174-192 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Modern urban development in India has largely ignored the issue of the natural environment. Indeed, the two are often perceived as existing in separate silos — with the environment as an afterthought if that. Large infrastructure projects, land reclamation, water delivery, and waste disposal systems are planned with little thought to their impact on the environment. Cities draw increasingly heavily on the natural resources of their surroundings. For instance, almost every Indian city relies on the surrounding rural areas for its water supply, and then pumps the wastewater into neighbouring rivers, lakes, or the sea. The air pollution generated by cities is not partially absorbed by greenery within the city, but spreads to a wider area. Similarly, solid waste is often disposed of in landfills around the city, polluting the earth and groundwater.

Keywords: Public Transport; Informal Settlement; Urban Form; Urban Sustainability; Indian City (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-33975-1_6

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.palgrave.com/9781137339751

DOI: 10.1057/9781137339751_6

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().