Urbanisation In New Delhi Essay

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Two impacts of urbanisation in New Delhi
This report will investigate the impacts of urbanisation in new Delhi. Urbanisation is occurring in new Delhi and brings along a range of problems such as slums and water pollution. It is important to study these impacts because if we do not find a solution to these problems they will get worse and the city of new Delhi could suffer serious environmental and economic problems. This report will make recommendations on how to help make the process of urbanisation more sustainable. New Delhi is a city located in India, Asia. It is located at longitude 28.61°N and latitude 77.2090° E. The settlement is located where it is because it is within a proximity to a major river which made farming and agriculture …show more content…

Pull factors such as the wide variety of jobs and or high paying jobs, transportation, higher standards of living are all contributors to the rising urbanisation rates. Due to these pull and push factors the population of new Delhi is rising and the city is getting more congested.
This map shows the most densely populated areas in all of …show more content…

because the communities are illegal and not supported by their government which means they do not receive any government services such as garbage collection or community council which means rubbish is left on streets to pile up or get blown away in to the community’s water supply. New Delhi produces around 7,400 tonnes of garbage- every day, which is expected to increase to 17,000 tonnes by 2021 meaning that less and less water will be safe to drink creating a large problem for slum dwellers.
The government should work on creating a more job opportunities and so that more people are employed and earning a decent income that will allow them to move out of the slums into better housings and work on making more houses for the growing population to live

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