Problems of Urban growth.
With special reference to Ranchi city, India. By Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi. Geologist. 76, circular road, Ranchi-834001 Email: nitish.priyadarshi@gmail.com Night view of Ranchi city. Abstract: Owing to population growth, poor levels of hygiene, and increasing urban poverty, the urban environment in many developing countries is rapidly deteriorating. Densely packed housing in shanty towns or slums and inadequate drinking-water supplies, garbage collection services, and surface-water drainage systems combine to create favourable habitats for the proliferation of vectors and reservoirs of communicable diseases. Ranchi the capital city is expanding both vertical and horizontal resulting in lots of problem like irregular electric supply, water supply, ground water depletion, air pollution, noise pollution, municipal waste disposal, failure of drainage systems, traffic jams etc. Surface waters are being contaminated. Seasonal diseases have also multiplied. Introduction: As more and more peopl...