Author:
Mukhopadhyay Pallavi,Das Bijay Kumar
Abstract
Climate Change has brought an unprecedented change in the meteorological
parameters, affecting the urban habitat. Uncontrolled growth, cravings for Urban dwellings,
and inhibiting the areas which were once the sponge for urban floods have caused massive
hardships for urban governance and the controlling authorities. Sufferers are the common
masses, especially the marginal sections of society, mostly the urban poor. Bangalore, the
Silicon Valley of India is facing a burning problem of urban mismanagement in terms of
traffic, Urban land use, and water availability. Bangalore is the hub of India’s software
revolution which employs the youth from across the country. The demand for housing is met
by the haphazard construction of residential apartments often encroaching on the waterlogged
low-lying land. Many lakes visible 40 years ago have vanished from the map. They
are now in residential & commercial use. The natural channels are all modified and blocked,
so the water cannot find its path to drain thereby choking the city and low-lying areas. This
paper explores how Bangalore, once a sustainable city transformed into a city with multiple
urban problems and why it is still a widely accepted residential preference among the youth
equipped with innovative technologies and upcoming start-ups.
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