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Future of Cities: Planning, Infrastructure, and Development

Future of Cities: Planning, Infrastructure, and Development

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This book critically examines the state of cities in developing countries, focusing on India's planning and infrastructure networks. It explores opportunities, challenges, and strategies for sustainable urban growth, including architecture, land-use, transportation, and housing. It integrates insights from governance, planning, and design and highlights the importance of spatial integration. The book is useful for scholars, researchers, professionals, and policymakers interested in urban studies and sustainable development.

Format: Hardback
Length: 264 pages
Publication date: 23 June 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd


This comprehensive book delves into the current state of cities in developing countries, with a specific focus on planning and infrastructure networks in India. It offers a comprehensive overview of the opportunities and challenges that cities in India face, as well as the strategies and approaches needed to overcome them. The book explores key themes such as the architecture of density, the transformation of land-use zones to development zones
zones, the development of railway infrastructure, planning and design guidelines for bus rapid transit, and urban water planning and universal access to housing. By integrating insights from governance, planning, and design, the book highlights the importance of spatial integration and its implications for sustainable development planning.

The book brings together current issues in Indian urbanization, smart technologies used in building smart cities and high-rises, and urban and regional governance to explore forms of sustainable development planning that factor in human needs. Accessible and topical, this book is valuable for scholars and researchers in urban studies, urban and city planning, development studies, sociology, public policy and administration, political sociology, anthropology, architecture, geography, and economics, as well as for professionals, planners, policymakers, and non-governmental organizations.

Weight: 680g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367142438

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