DYNAMICS OF THE SECOND

MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY IN

THE WORLD

SAROJA ARUNACHALAM
Saroja Arunachalam

Birth Rates

Death Rates

A distributed pattern of urban centres across the country

The Quadrilateral
-Corridors
-Colonialism
-Geography

53 cities and UAs

as opposed to 35
in 2001. The past
decade 2001-11
has seen the
maximum rise in
the number of
cities.

Yet 67% live in the

rural areas

Second worldwide in farm output

Agriculture and allied sectors like

forestry and fisheries accounted
for 13.7% of the GDP with about
50% of the workforce.

The economic contribution of

agriculture to India's GDP is steadily
declining with the country's broadbased economic growth.

AGRICULTURE vs SERVICE SECTOR

Still, agriculture is demographically

the broadest economic sector and
plays a significant role in the overall
socio-economic fabric of India.

Special Economic Zones

In 2000, replacing Free Trade

Foreign Direct Investment
Industrialization
More job opportunities
Make in India

- Take away the agri lands

- Urban Agglomeration

Gated Communities/Townships:
- Private Neighbourhoods
- Falling public spaces that are truly public
- Urban Sprawl

Over crowding
Unemployment
Slums
Lack of
infrastructure

1973

Twin city across the harbour

- Charles Correa
- Pravina Mehta
- Shirish Patel
-

Polycentric pattern of development

Acquisition of all land to have
better control of the environment
(land as the main resource)
Self sufficient state

8 City and Industrial Development Corporation

NAVI MUMBAI

- Decentralization by the design of self-sufficient townships (Nodes)

- Residential neighbourhoods (sectors)
- Single use zoning as opposed to the traditional multiple use zoning

A constantly growing population but

inadequate infrastructure and services
to accommodate em all

Richer
Poorer

10

Rich
Poor

References

Census of India 2011 censusindia.gov.in/2011-common/censusdataonline.html

Parks Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine 22nd Edition (1973)
Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India https://www.mygov.in/
World Health Organization, World Health Statistics, 2009
The Making of Navi Mumbai By Annapurna Shaw
CIDCO 1973 www.cidco.maharashtra.gov.in/NM_Developmentplan.aspx

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