Open AccessUrbanisation and Managing Energy: Opportunities and Challenges
Author(s) -
Vinnie Jauhari
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of technology management for growing economies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2456-3226
pISSN - 0976-545X
DOI - 10.15415/jtmge.2013.41004
Subject(s) - urbanization , business , energy consumption , energy demand , sustainable development , population , consumption (sociology) , natural resource economics , environmental planning , process (computing) , energy (signal processing) , economic growth , environmental economics , geography , economics , engineering , political science , computer science , environmental health , sociology , statistics , mathematics , medicine , social science , law , electrical engineering , operating system
As the world gets increasingly urbanised, there will be a consequence for energy generation, consumption and distribution. As the world population increases, there will be an increased demand for services- healthcare, transport, housing, infrastructure, information technology among others. The growing economies like India would have even greater challenges. The choice of forms of urbanization should needs to be assessed. What kind of cities would be sustainable is a question that needs more exploration? Walkability, compact housing, sustainable transport, alternate forms of energy generation are all aspects which need to be looked into. The paper focuses on what forms of urbanisation should India look at and how energy choices should be built in the planning process.