Making Cities Environmentally Sustainable: Challenges and Solutions

Challenges

• Demand-Supply Gap: Due to India's growing urbanisation, there is currently a significant supply and demand gap in urban infrastructure and services. Urban sprawl is the result, and urban sprawl contributes to environmental degradation.
• Lack of Definition: Despite the fact that sustainable urban planning has become a crucial objective to meet the demands of urbanisation, it still needs a common definition. In India, there is a lot of confusion about what constitutes sustainable development, which presents a significant obstacle.
• Lack of Trained and Skilled Human Resource: There is a severe shortage of qualified and skilled human resources facing urban local authorities ....