Sustainable Development Goals and Indian Cities (eBook, PDF)

Inclusion, Diversity and Citizen Rights
Redaktion: Kumar, Ashok; Meshram, D. S.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000532012
• Artikelnr.: 62934070

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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