Abstract
As India's population continues to grow, more citizens will move to cities. About 25-30 persons from rural areas will migrate every minute to major Indian cities in search of a better livelihood and lifestyle. Smarter ways to manage complexities, reduce expenses, increase efficiency and improve the quality of life are required to accommodate this rapid urbanization and make cities smart. Modern-day urban planning in India is confronted with major challenges such as accelerated growth and land-use change, unplanned expansion and water management issues. The paper focuses on the city of Delhi in India and its flood plains of the Yamuna which is not just considered as the one in equilibrium but also a contributor good health to the city. Unplanned, uncontrolled and illegal urbanization process has been causing degradation of agricultural areas and river basins, and also causing frequent flooding of the river Yamuna in the past. The paper aims to sensitize and investigate smarter ways to manage complexities, reduce the load on water availability, to increase efficiency and improve the quality of life by managing the available resources that are required to accommodate this rapid urbanization and make the city smart.
