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Title: RESOURCES, RESOURCES EVERYWHERE: REVIEWING MALTHUSIANISM AND URBAN ECOLOGY FOR INDIAN CITIES
Authors: Megha Agrawal
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Megha Agrawal Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram
MLA 8 Agrawal, Megha. "RESOURCES, RESOURCES EVERYWHERE: REVIEWING MALTHUSIANISM AND URBAN ECOLOGY FOR INDIAN CITIES." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 5, no. 6, June 2020, pp. 1622-1628, ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=112. Accessed June 2020. APA Agrawal, M. (2020, June). RESOURCES, RESOURCES EVERYWHERE: REVIEWING MALTHUSIANISM AND URBAN ECOLOGY FOR INDIAN CITIES. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 5(6), 1622-1628. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=112 Chicago Agrawal, Megha. "RESOURCES, RESOURCES EVERYWHERE: REVIEWING MALTHUSIANISM AND URBAN ECOLOGY FOR INDIAN CITIES." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 5, no. 6 (June 2020), 1622-1628. Accessed June, 2020. ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=112.
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Abstract: Urban ecology is emerging as a crucial area for policy development in developing countries such as India. With more population congestion and strain on resources, dire situations have arisen with respect to lack of accessibility to resources, depletion of groundwater and a deterioration of air quality. Urban ecology as a discipline focuses on developing urban spaces in a sustainable fashion, incorporating renewable energy and efficient usage of spaces so as to reduce negative impact on the environment and citizens. The Malthusian model of population and resource growth has long been touted as a key to development policy. However, this paper will argue that in the context of sustainable urbanization of developing countries, there is a need to reconceptualise the Malthusian model away from a population centric approach. The paper will discuss the importance of urban ecology and sustainably infrastructure in India, and pose policy recommendations for better integration of this discipline in policy at the state and national level.

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