1School of Management, IMS Unison University, Malsi village, Dehradun (UK), India.
2Assistant Professor, School of Management, IMS Unison University, Malsi village, Dehradun (UK), India.
Urbanization for any developing economy and so for India is like a double-edged sword, if it can create plethora of opportunities at one end then it can also create challenges such as increased ecological degradation, traffic congestion and urban sprawl due to large scale rural migration at another end. This study analysis the impact of “The Smart City Mission undertaken by government of India” on urban rural key conflict issues by proposing a new framework model, Decision Making Threat and Opportunity (DMTOP), by expert opinion survey method. The study is neither politically motivated nor for negative advertisement of The Smart city mission, but to address the major issues of inequality between rural and urban India. The negative impact of 93.203% on rural facilities and small positive impact of 27.59% on urban facilities, by DMTOP model, on identified urban-rural conflicts key risk factors due to “The Smart city mission” has been proved.
Urban, Rural, Urban-Rural conflicts, Smart City, Government Policy
