It'll be cities, not nations, that will have to be resilient

Intro Publication:  Your Story Date published:  April 14, 2015

India's latest mega-monstrous fad is that of building 100 smart cities. Building cities is not a sinister idea in itself, given the country's rate of urbanisation. The Indian urban population in 1901 was merely 11.4 per cent. This increased to 28.53 per cent in 2001, and is 31.16 per cent now (PDF). According to the UN's State of the World Population 2007, this percentage will increase to 40 per cent in 15 ye...