URDPFI Guidelines Vol I(2) - Urban Development Planning Framework PDF

Introduction 1 Introduction 1.1. Urbanisation Trends Globally, the more urbanised countries have higher levels of income and prosperity. Indian States also exhibit the same trend. At the same time, urbanisation is also perceived to be correlated with pollution, congestion and inferior...

Introduction 1 Introduction 1.1. Urbanisation Trends Globally, the more urbanised countries have higher levels of income and prosperity. Indian States also exhibit the same trend. At the same time, urbanisation is also perceived to be correlated with pollution, congestion and inferior quality of life. This would call for developing a paradigm of urban development that would bring in higher levels of prosperity, but without the concomitant negative effects. The URDPFI has attempted to develop such a framework. Population trends: The Census 2011 and 2001 give useful indicators for the trends in urbanisation in India. The three urban agglomerations, viz. Greater Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata, have crossed the 10 million mark in population, but with much reduced the rate of growth. The Million Plus population cities have shown a growth of over 48 per cent, but the number of such cities has gone up from 35 to 53 and five cities viz. Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Pune have attained more than 50 lakh population. The total population in Class I cities (1 lakh +) constitutes 70% of the total urban population, while the total population of million plus cities constitute 42.6% of the total urban population. What is more interesting is that the cities with lower orders of population have exhibited higher rates of growth of population. Table­1.1 gives the details: Table 1.1: Trends in Urbanisation 2001‐2011 Decade Definition Growth Class Census 2001 Census 2011 (Population) Rate 2001 ­ 2011 Population Population Population Population Population No. of No. of No. of Towns Towns Towns % of Urban % of Urban Class I >1 lakh 394 196.3 68.7 468 264.9 70.2 18.8 34.9 Of which,‐ Below Mn+ 1 to 10 lakh 359 88.0 30.8 415 104.2 27.6 15.6 18.4 Million Plus cities >10 lakh 35 108.3 37.9 53 160.7 42.6 51.4 48.4 Of which,‐ Mega cities@ >1 crore 3 42.5 14.9 3 48.8 12.9 0.0 14.8 Class II 50k to