The world growth-of urbanisation over the years is very high. This rapid process of urbanisation has tremendous effect on hydrology of the region. With increase in impervious area due to urbanisation, there has been increase ...

Visakhapatnam located on the east coast of India has grown into a city in the last 35 years thanks to rapid industrialisation and urbanisation. It is felt that the rapid industrialisation and urbanisation would have caused ...

At present cities in India are booming. Internal growth and migration from rural to urban areas has been putting immense pressure on the administration and management. The rapid increase of urbanisation is emerging as a ...

As pr UN Study, India's population has already crossed 1 billion mark and it has been assessed that the urban population may reach 50% of the total population by the middle of the next century, as against about 30% at ...

Owing to its location for away from river course, Brahmapur Town faces water scarcity. Though water is being supplied from two sources, in summer, the situation becomes worse. Due to increase in population density, high ...

Najafgarh . Block, which constitutes the Delhi catchment of Najafgarh Drain basin, is characterized by declining ground water table and rising demand for water from growing urban and rural populations. The ...

Water is the life-blood of communities and the prime determinant of the sustainability of urban region. Settlements have always located themselves in the proximity of easily accessible water resources in the past. The ...

Visakhapatnam, one of the fastest growing cities in the country has witnessed large-scale industrialisation and urbanisation during the last four decades. With the estimated population of 13 lakhs in Visakhapatnam Urban ...

Water is scarce commodity in the 11 arid districts of Rajasthan covering 1,96,150 km2 area. Low and erratic rainfall, dominantly deep dry sandy soil terrain with dune bodies, total absence or disorganised natural drainage ...