Steering growth towards integrated regional development in rapidly growing Indian regions (original) (raw)

In 2011, India was 31.2% urbanized with 377 million urban residents (CoI 2011: 5). By 2050 the rate of urbanization is expected to increase to 56%, adding another 484 million urban dwellers (Swerts et al. 2014: 51). Urbanization is linked to economic growth and regional development. However, development in India is concentrated in certain large cities; the rural hinterlands are deprived of growth, resulting in spatial disparities across the country (Verma 2007; WB 2008; Kundu 2011). The projected future growth will be a challenge to be accommodated as the large cities face stretched resources and existing infrastructure cannot keep up with demand (Mukhopadhyay & Revi 2009; Sankhe et al. 2010; WB, 2013). These pressures also apply to the National Capital Region (NCR) Delhi, which is one of the world’s largest rural-urban regions. Covering 1% of the national territory with 3.8% of the total population, the region generates 7% of India’s GDP (NCRPB 2013). NCR offers diverse employment ...

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