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An Alternative Sustainable City Framework to Tackle Climate Change Issues in India
At present, nearly 55% of the world's population lives in cities. This trend is expected to continue by adding urban population double the current size by the year 2050. Principally, urbanization is the diffusion of the influence of urban areas to the rural hinterland. The rapid growth of urbanization is posing major challenges for the cities globally. Especially for meeting the demand for affordable housing, basic infrastructure services, transport systems, and saving fertile agricultural land and other natural resources. Developing countries like India are witnessing an unparalleled movement of population and activities in the urban areas and thus, the existing cities have reached unbelievable dimensions of expansion. The fast‐growing and globalizing Indian economy has produced an urban crisis marked by inadequate infrastructure and sharp socioeconomic divisions. Correspondingly, cities contribute nearly two‐thirds of the global energy consumption and account for more than 70% of greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, cities play a vital role in addressing the climate change issues as more than 90% of the urban expansion in developing countries is witnessed near hazard‐prone areas and settlements are built in an unplanned manner.
In this chapter, an attempt has been made to assess and analyze the implications of the present urban growth trends in terms of urban sprawl, loss of agricultural land, greenhouse gas emissions, and so on. This chapter focuses on urban growth witnessed in India in general and few selected metropolitan cities in particular. The need for an alternative sustainable urban development pattern or sustainable cities is suggested based on the outcome of the aforementioned analyses. Further to this, a thorough secondary source of literature case studies is undertaken to explore and understand the concepts and principles of sustainable cities that are being practiced and implemented globally. Emphasis is given to explore and understand contemporary urban development concepts such as smart cities and technologies, compact cities, smart growth principles, new urbanism, resilient cities, transit‐oriented development (TOD), etc. In conclusion, an alternative sustainable city framework or model as a game changer under climate change and safeguarding future is evolved to suit to the Indian context supported with policy guidelines and recommendations.
An Alternative Sustainable City Framework to Tackle Climate Change Issues in India
At present, nearly 55% of the world's population lives in cities. This trend is expected to continue by adding urban population double the current size by the year 2050. Principally, urbanization is the diffusion of the influence of urban areas to the rural hinterland. The rapid growth of urbanization is posing major challenges for the cities globally. Especially for meeting the demand for affordable housing, basic infrastructure services, transport systems, and saving fertile agricultural land and other natural resources. Developing countries like India are witnessing an unparalleled movement of population and activities in the urban areas and thus, the existing cities have reached unbelievable dimensions of expansion. The fast‐growing and globalizing Indian economy has produced an urban crisis marked by inadequate infrastructure and sharp socioeconomic divisions. Correspondingly, cities contribute nearly two‐thirds of the global energy consumption and account for more than 70% of greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, cities play a vital role in addressing the climate change issues as more than 90% of the urban expansion in developing countries is witnessed near hazard‐prone areas and settlements are built in an unplanned manner.
In this chapter, an attempt has been made to assess and analyze the implications of the present urban growth trends in terms of urban sprawl, loss of agricultural land, greenhouse gas emissions, and so on. This chapter focuses on urban growth witnessed in India in general and few selected metropolitan cities in particular. The need for an alternative sustainable urban development pattern or sustainable cities is suggested based on the outcome of the aforementioned analyses. Further to this, a thorough secondary source of literature case studies is undertaken to explore and understand the concepts and principles of sustainable cities that are being practiced and implemented globally. Emphasis is given to explore and understand contemporary urban development concepts such as smart cities and technologies, compact cities, smart growth principles, new urbanism, resilient cities, transit‐oriented development (TOD), etc. In conclusion, an alternative sustainable city framework or model as a game changer under climate change and safeguarding future is evolved to suit to the Indian context supported with policy guidelines and recommendations.
An Alternative Sustainable City Framework to Tackle Climate Change Issues in India
Bhadouria, Rahul (editor) / Upadhyay, Shweta (editor) / Tripathi, Sachchidanand (editor) / Singh, Pardeep (editor) / Bansal, Sunny (author) / Chadchan, Jayprakash (author) / Sen, Joy (author)
2022-04-08
15 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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