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With cities acting as magnets for population concentration and economic growth, urban planning takes a center stage. Lack of planning can have severe social, cultural, economic and political repercussions in cities. Cities: Inclusive, Liveable, and Sustainable scrutinizes the paradigms of Urban Planning that keep at the forefront both the citizen and the environment, as essential assets of the urban community.
Organised into three distinctive parts, the book adopts a holistic perspective of urbanisation, with contributors from diverse backgrounds, ranging from government, academia, and NGOs. While capturing the current trends of urbanisation in general, it deals with inclusivity, livability and sustainability in particular. Due to its embrace of a wide spectrum of urban issues from the point of view of academics, researchers, technocrats, private sector and government officials, this book is truly unique. Across twenty chapters, the book not only encompasses the challenges of urban governance, but also provides insights on different innovations undertaken to address them in the best possible way.
Undoubtedly, Cities: Inclusive, Liveable, and Sustainable is a vital resource for students and research scholars of urban management and administration, as well as for professionals working in the field.
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgement
List of Contributors
List of Tables
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Disclaimer
Introduction
Iva Ashish Srivastava and Ashish Kumar Srivastava
A. Inclusive Cities
1. Critical Perspectives on Urban Planning in India: From Colonial Legacies to Inclusive Futures
Paroj Banerjee
2. Gendered Mediations of Urban life: The Politics of 'Space'
Priyadarshini Bhattacharya
3. Bridging Gaps: The Role of Access to Information on Women's Livelihood Restoration After Resettlement in Chennai
Fatima Eltohami Ahmed Eltohami and Maartje van Eerd
4. Urban Planning and Sale of Development Rights: Examining Policy Perspective on Equity in Ahmedabad's Development Plan 2021
Rutool Sharma and Chandresh Patel
5. Urban Housing: Nurturing Inclusivity and Livability for Sustainable Cities
Vidya Bhushan and Parker Hoffman
6. Resilience among the children in street situations in slums in urban Chennai
Monisha Laxminarayanan and Sudhanshu Joshi
7. Cities in an Ageing World: New Realities and New Responses
Rohit Prasad and Anupama Datta
B. Liveable Cities
8. Employment and Informality in Urban India: Trends and Policy Issues
Rajendra P. Mamgain
9. Determinants of Safety for Responsible Adoption of Autonomous Driverless Vehicles in Urban Mobility
Somesh Sharma and Ashish Kumar Srivastava
10. Smart Cities and Urbanisation
Akhilesh Srivastava
11. The Role of Human Infrastructure in Developing Cycling in Car-Centric Environments: Lessons from Tehran
Mohammad Nazarpoor and Meredith Glaser
12. Determinants and Benefits of Active Travel in Cities: A Perspective from Global North and South
Paritosh Singh Rana, Ashish Kumar Srivastava, Iva Ashish Srivastava, and Shailesh Bagauli
13. Revolutionizing Energy Management Systems in Indian Cities
Radhika Jha
C. Sustainable Cities
14. Challenges in Municipal Solid Waste Management in Indian Cities: A Comprehensive Review
Subhrangsu Goswami
15. Management of Municipal Solid Waste via Vermicomposting: An Eco-friendly Strategy to Foster Green Environment
Vaibhav Srivastava and Rajeev Pratap Singh
16. How Social Science Approaches Contribute to Climate Adaptation - A Case Study in a Neighborhood of Oud-Mathenesse in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Qian Ke, Eudald Vicens i Roig, Vera Safronova, Luca Iuorio
17. Sustainable as Smart: Reimagining a Mid-Sized City like Dehradun as a Ten-Minute City
Lokesh Ohri
18. Urban Sustainability: Paving the Road to City Resilience
Varsha Mishra, and Purushothaman Chirakkuzhyil Abhilash
19. Transforming India's Urban Trilogy: Reimagining India's Urban Landscape Towards Economically Inclusive and Sustainable Urban India
Hitesh Vaidya
20. Building Sustainable Futures: The UN's Whole-of-Local Government Approach to Infrastructure Asset Management in Developing Cities
Caroline Lombardo, Linda Newton, Luis Pineda, and Daniel Platz
Index
