Sustainable urban planning / Joy Sen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Key Features Assessment of framework of sustainable planning in India Development of integration of concepts and applications of livability and affordability Comprehensive comparison of inequality and sustainability in the Indian context Brief overview of the impact of facility design and management on the future of sustainable planning in India About the Book: Sustainable Urban Planning in India Development of an approach for sustainable planning framework in the Indian context is extremely complex due to the diversity in the urban and metropolitan regions of the country. Sustainable Urban Planning in India attempts to clarify the planning process and seta broad framework of urban planning in the country. The book focuses on the planning reality of fundamental dimensions of sustainability and explains a working framework of the dynamics of sustainable planning in India. It expands on each of the dimensions, explaining their divergent parameters and their indispensable roles in such a framework. Contents: Section 1: Initiating a Framework Sustainable development in Indian urban and metropolitan contexts: the constituent dimensions Section 2: Dimensions of the Framework Assessment of livability variations in the Indian context Impact of affordability thresholds on policies of basic infrastructure and facility planning in India Applicability of inequality variations in understanding Indian urban and regional agglomerations Section 3: Proposing the Framework Towards a Framework of Sustainable Development in the Indian Context