SUSTAINABILITY IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT : AN INDIAN STANDPOINT

Indrani Sengupta; Varun Baranwal

Indrani Sengupta Lecturer, School of Management Sciences, Varanasi.
Varun Baranwal PGDM Student, School of Management Sciences, Varanasi.

Keywords: Urban, Development, Sustainability

Abstract

Sustainable development means attaining a balance between environmental protection ..
present and future needs. It means equity in development and sectoral actions across space and time (1). It requires an
integration of economic, social and environmental approaches towards development. Sustainable urban development refers
to attaining social equity and environmental protection in urbanization while minimizing the costs of urbanization. This
paper deals with the role of environment and climate change in sustainable urban development. The first section deals with
urban basic services and sustainable urban development in India. The second section notes the inefficiencies in the land
policy of India ..and its implications for sustainable urban development in
India. The last and third section summarizes the discussion and ends with way forward. This paper aims at discussing some
of the important issues relating to sustainable urban form that would lead to sustainable urban development with possible
references to India. The paper is based on available literature and secondary data. The paper is divided in two parts.