India also finds itself in the midst of a dramatic journey of urbanisation.
800 million
people will eventually live in cities and yet as many will continue to live in rural areas by 2050, creating
further stresses on our already fragile ecosystem.19
By 2030
1
million The number of cities with over 1 million inhabitants will rise from 42 to 68
2.5
billion
square metres of roads will have to be paved. 20 times the capacity added in the past decades Source - McKinsey Global Institute, 2010
$1.2 trillion
Capital investment needed to finance infrastructure for India’s cities
700-900 million Square meters of commercial and residential space needs to be built annually - or a new Mumbai every year
“Like a snake eating its own tail, our growth-orientated civilisation suffers from the delusion that there are no environmental limits to growth�
- Samuel Alexander