India’s countryside is emptying out, as millions leave their stagnant villages and flock to the cities. But India’s urban infrastructure has not kept pace, and that failing now threatens to undermine the nation’s ability to vault its multitudes out of poverty and share the fruits of its nearly double-digit growth more widely.
India’s countryside is emptying out, as millions leave their stagnant villages and flock to the cities. But India’s urban infrastructure has not kept pace, and that failing now threatens to undermine the nation’s ability to vault its multitudes out of poverty and share the fruits of its nearly double-digit growth more widely. NYT
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Hm. I was struck by the statistic that 65% of "villagers" don't have a toilet. Is a toilet necessarily a significant marker of acceptable infrastructure? My father grew up in a home with electricity and indoor plumbing but no toilet - he used an outhouse into his teens, as did all of his rural community. The key to toilet necessity is density, which one finds in cities (where sanitary systems truly are necessary) but not villages.
Anyway: is it possible a better-regulated building boom may be a future reality for India, and will we architects have to follow those jobs? What a mobile world we live in - I think I crave a village, instead.
donna me too....
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