Abstract :
India has witnessed massive growth in its
urban population and it is envisaged that the urban
population will double to 750 million by 2050. For decades
our policy planners and city administrators have been
facing challenges such as large influx from rural areas, land
and water pollution, inefficient use of resources, unplanned
growth, sub-standard delivery of urban services, huge
infrastructure gap.
To accommodate this enormous and unprecedented
surge in urban population it is imperative that India needs
to develop new cities as our existing cities are over
saturated and poorly managed. The new Government
which has announced its intent to develop '100 Smart
Cities' is a refreshing approach. It is anticipated to
comprise a mix of up-grading the existing cities and
building new cities or Greenfield cities.
Keyword :
Smart City, FDI, Energy efficiency, Demand Management, Environmental Sustainability