查看文章

India’s contribution towards unsustainability is very low as compared to other major contributor countries. But the challenges persistent to the rapid urbanization in India and the huge share of global population can threat the global sustainability. So there is a need to ingrain sustainability in India. The paper tries to put forth the need of the sustainable urban development in India. The urbanization in India has led to (un) sustainable situation. It provides the proven benefits of economic growth and development, but it also brings the social and environmental challenges. Various challenges associated with sustainability, spatial planning, governance, deficiencies and execution has been discussed in this paper. As challenges lie in the ability to cope, the later part of the paper confers the sustainable development approaches in India. It has been studied under the antecedent of legal provisioning, various policies and programs, institutional arrangements, technological solutions, frameworks and measurement systems for a better present and future.