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Urbanization in India began to accelerate after independence, due to the country's adoption of a mixed economy, which gave rise to the development of the private sector. The population residing in urban areas in India, according to the 1901 census, was 11.4%, [ 1 ] increasing to 28.53% by the 2001 census, and is now currently 34% in 2017 ...
This is a list of notable peer-reviewed academic journals related to urban, regional, land-use, transportation and environmental planning and to urban studies, regional science. Articulo – Journal of Urban Research
The National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) is an institute for research, training and information dissemination in urban development and management in New Delhi, India. It was established in 1976 as an autonomous body under the Societies Registration Act .
India is burning ever greater amounts of coal and oil as it tries to meet the needs of its 1.4 billion people. But it also has huge renewable potential. India’s urban population is exploding.
Following is the list of urban agglomerations in India with a population of more than one million as per the 2011 census. As per the 2011 census, there were 52 (according to provisional census results, 53 [8]) urban agglomerations or cities with population of one million and above. [9] [a] [8]
India's 27.8 percent urban population lives in more than 5,100 towns and over 380 urban agglomerations. [6] In the decade of 1991–2001, migration to major cities caused rapid increase in urban population. [7] [8] The number of Indians living in urban areas has grown by 31.2% between 1991 and 2001. [9] Yet, in 2001, over 70% lived in rural areas.
The Gazette of India is a public journal and an authorised legal document of the Government of India. [1] It is published weekly by the Directorate of Printing Department of Publication , a subordinate office of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and printed by the Government of India Press .
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) was a massive city-modernization scheme launched by the Government of India under the Ministry of Urban Development. It envisaged a total investment of over $20 billion over seven years.