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India is projected to see an explosion in its urban population in the coming decades, but its cities already cannot cope and climate change will make living conditions harsher still. The metropolis of Mumbai, one of India's biggest, grew by some 80 lakh people in the past 30 years to a population of 2 crores, and is forecast to add another 70 lakh by 2035.
India is projected to see an explosion in its urban population in the coming decades, but its cities already cannot cope and climate change will make living conditions harsher still.
The UN projects that the country's population will rise from its current 1.4 billion to overtake that of China, and peak at 1.7 billion in the 2060s
The UN projects India's population will rise from its current 1.4bn to overtake China's and peak at 1.7bn in the 2060s.
India is projected to see an explosion in its urban population in the coming decades, but its cities already cannot cope and climate change will make living conditions harsher still