Connecting civic dots in Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai

India is a rapidly urbanising country. Its 373 million urban population in 2010 is expected to touch 814 million by 2050. The built-up surface area used in urban India, estimated at 46,600 sq km in 2010, is expected to quintuple to over 258,000 sq km to accommodate the doubling in population.

We need to reimagine the way Indian cities are managed to cope with this vast expansion and its accompanying onslaught of problems. . .