Delhi is denser and safer than New York, reveals a survey
A recent survey by Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen Society and london School of Economics and Political Science compared Delhi’s performance across a number of indicators with other global cities and found shocking revelations.
Economy and population
Delhi’s projected increase in income per capita is one the largest among selected global cities. The average annual GVA (Gross Value Added) growth from 2012 to 2030 will be 7 per cent while it is 2.8 per cent in london.
The population of the metro area over the same period will only grow by 2 per cent a year compared to lagos at 6.4 per cent per year. Tokyo will shrink by 0.1 per cent in the same time frame.
Society
Delhi still has a high level of inequality (measured by the GINI Index — the lower the value the greater the level of social equality; the higher the value the greater the inequality). While london has an index of 3.6 and Berlin 2.9, Delhi has a relatively high figure of 6.0.
Density and green space
Despite its relatively low-rise urban landscape, Delhi has an extremely high average density of built up area of 19,698 people/sq km, nearly twice the levels for wider New York metro area (which at 11,531 people/sq km includes high-rise Manhattan) and Tokyo with 11,025 people/sq km. As a result Delhi has only 2 sq metres of green space per person.