Sunday, November 28, 2010

Ishani Dutta, the director of "The Land of the Vanishing Lakes" documentary, believes urbanization will ruin Goa. In her documentary, she provides visual documentation of the disappearing lakes in New Delhi's periphery. "The two billion year old water bodies of the Aravallis - Surajkund, Badkhal and Damdama, have all dried up," she said while adding, ""The film explores the nexus between the bureaucracy and the construction and mining mafia. With exclusive bytes from retired forest officers, environmentalists and scientists, we piece together the whole story behind the current mess"She also mentions that there is some sunshine after the rain even in such am ecological disaster. Dutta believes that urbanization will ruin Goa if it continues to happen at such a rapid pace and is not planned.
I think I may agree with Dutta about urbanization ruining the city if it continues to go unplanned. Many cities around the world look at the big picture for the future, but fail to pay attention to the process of having a large urban population. If the population of a city is growing faster than infrastructure, then that will leave more people homeless and without jobs and thus create more crime. If cities plan and organize the rate of infrastructure, that will allow them to better plan for a growing population.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

А! 好贴。谢谢