Abstract: Environmental refugees, driven by drought, deforestation, desertification and similar other environmental problems, result in permanent or semi-permanent immigrants to urban centres. With the numbers rising by 150 million in the next four decades urban centres would need an urgent and effective resource distribution mechanism to achieve sustainability.
The authors are Senior Assistant Professor and Research Scholar, respectively, at the Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi. chirashreeghosh@hotmail.com
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