Challenges of Urban Development in India

Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Sociology - Habitation, Urban Sociology, Addis Ababa University (Center for Federal Studies), course: Federalisim and Developemenet, language: English, abstract: This article will discover what the short-term trend of urbanization will look like in India. Changes in the growth and its challenges are addressed. Moreover, the way they dealt with challenges is also discussed. Like other cities around the world, cities in India are rapidly growing. Changes in population density and rural-urban migration require cities to focus attention on social needs and to expand service providers. As a result, the number of cities in India has increased over a few years. The infrastructure is also thriving. It is also possible to accommodate comparable social services with the population. However, this growth has not been easy.