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Barriers to Creating Sustainable Cities
- as seen by Development Alternatives in India
 

 

In the Indian context the greatest barrier to creation of a sustainable city is the phenomenal growth of population. This rapid growth, if unchecked, leads to:

  • Inadequate economic growth and lack of funds for improving the infrastructure. For example, increased population needs more electric power. Which in turn needs higher output power stations. Similarly, due to a growing population, water and sanitation facilities are affected.
  • Increased population increases unemployment, which in turn creates a burden on the economy due to restless, unemployed people creating crime problems for which a huge police force has to be maintained.
  • Unusual strain on education and health infrastructure.
  • Increased vehicles in shrinking transportation network, leading to pollution, and a waste of man-hours for commuting.

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