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Sustainable Development Goals and Indian Cities Ashok Kumar (School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India)

Sustainable Development Goals and Indian Cities By Ashok Kumar (School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India)

Sustainable Development Goals and Indian Cities by Ashok Kumar (School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India)

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This book critically examines SDGs and cities in developing countries with special reference to climate change, inclusion, diversity and citizen rights in India. It discusses global issues of sustainability and climate change in the context of rapid urbanisation.

Sustainable Development Goals and Indian Cities Summary

Sustainable Development Goals and Indian Cities: Inclusion, Diversity and Citizen Rights by Ashok Kumar (School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India)

  • This book critically examines the opportunities presented by the cities of developing countries in future.
  • With contributions from eminent scholars like Luis M. A. Bettencourt and Suzanne Speak, it looks at the issues of inclusion, diversity and citizen rights in cities of developing countries such as India.
  • This book will be of interest to departments of urban studies, urban planning, development studies, sociology, public policy and administration, political sociology, city studies, geography, architecture, economics across the world.

About Ashok Kumar (School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India)

Ashok Kumar is Professor of Physical Planning, and Dean (Academic) at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India. He teaches city and regional planning.

D.S. Meshram is President of the Institute of Town Planners, India. He is a trained architect and practitioner as a spatial planner.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Sustainable Development Goals, New Urban Agenda, and Climate Change PART I: Sustainable Development, Climate Risk and Resilience 2. Climate Risk and Resilience of Indian Cities 3. Indian Cities on the Ladder of Sustainable Development: What Can Make it a Success Story? PART II: Rights, Diversity, Inclusivity, and Quality 4. What is Right for the City or Right to the City: Criticality of Citizenship and Governance 5. Cities and the Dilemmas of Diversity 6. New Empirically Driven Approaches to Inclusive Human Development in Cities 7. Judging the Quality of Urbanisation in Cities and Towns of India PART III: Housing and Shelter 8. Incongruence between Housing Policy Intentions and Housing Needs 9. Universal Access to Shelter in Indian Cities PART IV: Carers of Indian Cities 10. Mapping India's Urban Planners PART V: Interconnections and Interdependencies 11. Epilogue: Our Interconnected and Interdependent Future in the World of Pandemics

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NLS9781032193557
9781032193557
1032193557
Sustainable Development Goals and Indian Cities: Inclusion, Diversity and Citizen Rights by Ashok Kumar (School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India)
Ashok Kumar (School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India)
Towards Sustainable Futures
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2021-12-29
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