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In: OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 05, No. 03, pp. 59-84, 2012
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Beschreibung:
Climate change is widely recognized as the most serious environmental threat facing mankind and has diverse local, regional and global consequences. Among the most significant environmental challenges of our time are global climate change, excessive fossil fuel dependency and the growing demand for urban energy, are being the major challenges of 21st century and one of the greatest problems facing humanity. In 1900 about 150 million people, or less than 10 per cent of the world’s population at that time, lived in cities. By the year 2000, the number of urban residents had increased 20-fold and now in 2011, the planet holds 9 billion peoples, which represented more than half the world’s population are now urban dwellers. The present rate and scale of urbanization has continued to increase, generating problems in both urban and rural areas. India is set for enormous urbanization. As per Census of India, 2011, Out of 1210 million masses, the urban India holds habitat for 350 million populations, living in 7936 cities and towns and supported by 47 million plus cities. The unprecedented population growth and urbanizing forces are like giant tidal waves, driving the present and future levels of urbanization, particularly in developing countries, have clear linkages to the global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The global energy catastrophe coupled with the threats of climate change bring into sharp focus both opportunities and challenges for developing countries. Furthermore, have to tackle the increasing energy demands of growing economies, inclusive of global imperative to reduce carbon emissions to combat climate change