Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
be applicable in our near future. It is because many people from villages are
aspiring to settle in cities and live a comfortable life which is not possible in
villages due to various reasons. So, urban population is growing rapidly at an
astonishing rate. As a result of Indias prestigious smart city project, small and
medium sized cities are going to experience an unprecedented growth. This
being a good sign of development in quality of life, there is also an impending
danger. At present, Indian cities are facing multi-fold problems to satisfy the
needs of their population. As resources are limited, the demands of additional
population in future can be addressed only by developing sustainable habitats. A
sustainable habitat is an ecosystem that is self-sustained, with no external waste
and without resource depletion. Major challenges in building sustainable cities
are 1.Energy crisis 2.Water supply and 3.Waste treatment 4.Pollution
5.Deforestation or lack of greenery 6.Lack of awareness. We need to come up
with sustainable solutions for our sustainable future.
Catering energy requirements for future millions is the biggest challenge
ahead and needs serious attention by government. Demand and supply
imbalance in energy is evident across all the sectors. As of now, fossil fuels have
largest share in energy production but they are not reliable in far future. Share of
renewable sources of energy should be increased by installing huge capacity
units all over India. Government should consult technological institutions like IITs
to equip all the smart cities with new technologies which use renewable sources
of energy. Public should be encouraged to install solar panels on their roof tops
for domestic needs. All government spaces should be equipped with systems
which use or generate power from renewable energy sources.
Rapid increase in demand for water is imminent due to population growth
and urbanization. Supply of water for drinking and other domestic needs is going
to be toughest challenge ahead. Release of Industrial effluents into water sources
is damaging water quality and is causing serious health problems. Stricter
policies have to be framed to address this issue. Future demands can be met
only by proper management of water resources and by cleaning rivers. Number
of water recycling units has to be increased. This field has lot of scope for
research and development so government should give projects to academic
institutions which are nearer to the water body to work on ways to improve
irrigation and drinking water facilities to the nearby areas. Some topics of
research are improved flushing systems, rain water harvesting for existing
buildings etc.
For a habitat to be sustainable, waste produced from that ecosystem has
to be ideally zero. With rapid growth of urbanization and industrialization, waste
produced is increasing exponentially. Inefficiency in waste collection and
recycling capacity are the major problems in our country. Swatch-Bharat mission
will not be a successful if government does not invest in waste recycling plants.
Money should be invested on developing new technologies of waste collection
and recycle efficiency. Employment opportunities have to be created in recycling
sector. Efforts have to be made to learn new ways about waste management