Urban Planning in India: A Review of Contemporary Issues and Challenges
Keywords:
Urban planning, urban development, urban development in India, issues and challenges of urban developmentAbstract
India’s contribution in the domain of unsustainability is quite low in comparison to other prominent contributing nations. However, the challenges are quite persistent towards the rapid growth and urbanisation in the country. The major share of the global populace might threaten the sustainability on a global level. Thus, there’s a strong need for ingraining sustainability in the country. Several studies have been done for assessing the need for sustainable urban growth and development in the country. Urbanisation in the country hassled towards the unsustainable circumstances. It offers the well proven benefits of economic growth, development. But it even brings social as well as environmental challenges. Different challenges related to sustainability, governance, spatial planning, execution and deficiencies have been studied. As the challenges lie within the capability of coping, these studies also confer the sustainable development in India. It’s also been studied under antecedent of the legal provisions, different programs and policies, technological solutions, institutional arrangements, measurement and framework systems for better future prospects.
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