India in the recent years have faced an array of severe disasters leaving its footprint on lives, livelihood and on the wellbeing of the ecosystem services. In the aftermath of a disaster, millions of people are on the move to the urban... more
India in the recent years have faced an array of severe disasters leaving its footprint on lives, livelihood and on the wellbeing of the ecosystem services. In the aftermath of a disaster, millions of people are on the move to the urban areas to improve their life and livelihood or better their direct living environment. While disaster recovery planning considers building back better in principle in the disaster affected area, but fails to acknowledge increasing stress on the ecosystem services on a distant location not directly impacted by a disaster. This chapter studies the disaster induced rural to urban mobility and its impact on the urban ecology in the last few decades in India. Based on the findings, the chapter lists out various stressors that impact urban ecosystem service in the long term.
