Urbanization in Delhi
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World Cities Option
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- Urbanization in Delhi
- Urbanization
- A high proportion of the world's population lives in large urban areas
- INCREASING
- 83 cities with more than 1 million in 1950. By 2000, there were 280 such cities, and the number is expected to have doubled by 2015.
- Urbanization
- A high proportion of the world's population lives in large urban areas
- INCREASING
- 83 cities with more than 1 million in 1950. By 2000, there were 280 such cities, and the number is expected to have doubled by 2015.
- All the new millionaire cities, and 12 of the world's 15 largest cities, are in developing countries.
- 83 cities with more than 1 million in 1950. By 2000, there were 280 such cities, and the number is expected to have doubled by 2015.
- INCREASING
- 19 megacities of 10 million people + existed in 2007
- Tokyo is the largest, with a 2007 population of 35.2 million.
- A high proportion of the world's population lives in large urban areas
- All the new millionaire cities, and 12 of the world's 15 largest cities, are in developing countries.
- Urbanization
- 83 cities with more than 1 million in 1950. By 2000, there were 280 such cities, and the number is expected to have doubled by 2015.
- INCREASING
- 19 megacities of 10 million people + existed in 2007
- Tokyo is the largest, with a 2007 population of 35.2 million.
- A high proportion of the world's population lives in large urban areas
- Delhi
- Background
- Dehli's 2001 population was over 13.7 million.
- In 2001, the population increased by an additional 215,000 as a result of natural increase
- Has made Delhi one of the fastest growing cities in the world
- Causes of Growth
- India's capital city, so the economic, political and administrative hub of the country, attracting migrants in all sectors.
- Important light industrial centre, with 130,000 industrial units, prodcuing everything from TVs to medicines.
- The fashion capital of India, with over 60% design community residing there.
- Literacy rate of 81.8%, comparing favourably with the national rate of 66%
- Many respected universities here - five medical schools and eight engineering collages
- Problems?
- 52% live in slum conditions
- High infant mortality rate of 40 per 1000 live births, even higher in the slums at a shocking 54
- Immunisation rates of only 31%, and because of poor sanitation and lack of safe drinking water in the slums, the rates of dieases are very high.
- 31% of slum dwellers have no sanitation facilities or underground sewage systems.
- Claims that Dehli has the world's worst air pollution - four times what the world health organisation considers safe
- One in three of Delhi's residents has a respiratory problem as a result of this
- The Yanuma is one of the worlds most polluted rivers - 58% of Dehli's waste is dumped there
- Delhi contributes 3296 million litres per day of sewrage to the river
- Problem aggravated as river is stagnant nine months of the year
- Solutions?
- The government has spent 500 million dollars trying to clean up the Yamuna river by repairing and rebuilding the sewage system
- New towns such as Noida, 20km SE of Delhi, have helped to alleviate pressure on the capital
- Delhi's new metro opened in December 2002, and has helped to relieve air pollution and traffic congestion.
- The city's buses, taxis and autorickshaws have been converted to CNG for a cleaner alternative
- The Salaam Baalak Trust is an NGO providing shelter, education and healthcare for street children
- Another NGO, ASHA, aims to improve healthcare by empowering women
- Background
- Urbanization
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