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India's urban expansion to impact environment: report

Last Updated: Monday, October 15, 2012, 17:45

"India already contains three of the world's ten largest cities-- Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata --as well as three of the world's ten fastest growing cities-- Ghaziabad, Surat and Faridabad," it added.

Indian cities to house nearly 85 crore people by 2050: Study

Last Updated: Friday, June 22, 2012, 16:57

Urbanisation in India is growing at the fastest rate among the BRIC nations.

Ghaziabad- world’s 2nd fastest growing city

Last Updated: Thursday, November 17, 2011, 15:07

Excessive urbanisation due to fast paced development and improvement in the basic infrastructure has catapulted several Indian cities to the list of top 100 fastest-growing cites in the world.

India, China record world`s highest urbanisation

Last Updated: Friday, September 16, 2011, 13:36

Cities in India, China and Africa are recording the world`s highest rates of urbanisation, according to a new study.

Urbanisation will spell disaster for Goa: Green filmmaker

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 13:49

A woman who has tracked down and visually documented disappearing lakes in New Delhi`s periphery now says rampant unplanned urbanisation will spell disaster for Goa.

India `s urbanisation ranks 34th in Asia: Report

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 14:30

South Korea is the sixth most heavily urbanized country in Asia mainly due to concentration of jobs and social infrastructure in cities, a recent report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said.

China leads world in urbanisation: Blue Paper

Last Updated: Friday, July 30, 2010, 15:16

China`s urban population has reached 46 percent of the total population.

Govt favours vertical growth in cities, relaxing of FAR

Last Updated: Friday, March 26, 2010, 16:04

Government on Friday said that it favoured a "vertical growth" of cities instead of urban sprawl, given the scarcity of land, and would encourage a relaxed floor-area-ratio regime.