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Urban Sustainability and Good Governance in Delhi Metropolitan Region
Cities are the engines of economic growth. With the process of globalization, the entire world has shrunk to a common platform, whereby the dual process of economic growth and rapid urbanization largely determines the growth of cities and measures their ecological sustainability, with “Delhi Metropolitan Region” being no exception to this. A prime mover and nerve center of ideas and actions, Delhi mega city, however, stand at the crossroads, today. Delhi, a symbol of rich and ancient tradition, a seat of mesmerizing Indian culture, a growing hub of contemporary educational system, the seat of national governance and a center of business, is assuming increasing eminence among the great cities of the world. With an unprecedented pace of growth, Delhi needs to be able to integrate its elegant past as well as modern developments into an organic whole keeping pace with the future generations. The paper attempts to unravel the intricate relationships between urban infrastructure and development of urban environment ensuring its sustainability. Such an approach, if handled with care coupled with good governance practices, is likely to lead a movement towards making Delhi Metropolitan Region, a world-class sustainable city in the decades to come. In addition, some of the best practices in good governance pertaining to this mega city have been highlighted to depict and validate the cities move on the crossroads of sustainable development.
Urban Sustainability and Good Governance in Delhi Metropolitan Region
Cities are the engines of economic growth. With the process of globalization, the entire world has shrunk to a common platform, whereby the dual process of economic growth and rapid urbanization largely determines the growth of cities and measures their ecological sustainability, with “Delhi Metropolitan Region” being no exception to this. A prime mover and nerve center of ideas and actions, Delhi mega city, however, stand at the crossroads, today. Delhi, a symbol of rich and ancient tradition, a seat of mesmerizing Indian culture, a growing hub of contemporary educational system, the seat of national governance and a center of business, is assuming increasing eminence among the great cities of the world. With an unprecedented pace of growth, Delhi needs to be able to integrate its elegant past as well as modern developments into an organic whole keeping pace with the future generations. The paper attempts to unravel the intricate relationships between urban infrastructure and development of urban environment ensuring its sustainability. Such an approach, if handled with care coupled with good governance practices, is likely to lead a movement towards making Delhi Metropolitan Region, a world-class sustainable city in the decades to come. In addition, some of the best practices in good governance pertaining to this mega city have been highlighted to depict and validate the cities move on the crossroads of sustainable development.
Urban Sustainability and Good Governance in Delhi Metropolitan Region
Sustainable Development Goals Series
Thakur, Baleshwar (editor) / Thakur, Rajiv R. (editor) / Chattopadhyay, Srikumar (editor) / Abhay, Rajesh K. (editor) / Rani, Shweta (author)
2022-01-01
12 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Ecological Sustainability , Educational hub , Governance , Mega City , Planned urban development Environment , Environmental Management , Climate Change Management and Policy , Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management , Sustainable Development , Natural Resources , Earth and Environmental Science
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