30/12/2022
Urban Sustainability in India: Rethinking Protocols, Politics & Practices
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In the past three decades, ‘sustainability’ has emerged as a field of interdisciplinary inquiry which analyzes the symbioses of human activities and the environment to seek solutions to socio-ecological problems. Urban areas with their growing population, inadequate or failing infrastructure, as well as economic and environmental disruptions, pose a complex challenge to sustainability. Yet, given the rate of urbanization, it is crucial to place cities at the heart of human adaptation and sustainability. Scholars and policy practitioners have evolved several approaches to urban sustainability, often devising tools for benchmarking and measuring best practices. The diversity of historically evolved urban forms, calls for context-sensitive conceptualizations of sustainability.
This year at Niti-Samvaad we invite you to join in our conversations about urban policy and politics. Arise, awake city-zens!
