The Future of Cities Cities of the Future

Cities prosper and decay

Abundance Peace Prosperity Drought War Bankruptcy + migration

Global rbanisation

Poor People

Ground Water Depletion

A!ailable Water

"nformation #!erload for policies to densify and build mega$cities

%ot enough information on social and en!ironmental conse&uences of mega$ cities

"t took '(( years to change our li!es permanently

)o* long *ill global *arming take+

THE UNSUSTAINABLE GROWTH OF DELHI

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Delhi Water Footprint

The '0th Century city accumulated Wealth1 Po!erty and ,cological damage2 The Future city could distribute ,mpo*erment and 3ustainability to Asia2

WORK IN PROGRESS ON A SOLUTION

NATURAL CITIES

YAMUNA FLOODPLAINS

THE ONLY AVAILABLE SOURCE OF WATER

each year for millions of years sand has deposited making an aquifers 3 km wide and 40 - 100 meters deep. Up to 40% of the floodplain aquifer is water by volume.

The Floodplain is ne!er *aterless2

EXPLANATORY MODEL OF THE NATURAL CITY

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SOME NATURAL CITIES IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS

 6,40,000 Villages
sustainable & unsustainable

It could have 6,00,000 sustainable villages 1,00,000 sustainable towns

8,000 Towns
Unsustainable

60% Living in Poverty 100% living with e !ower ent