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Making Cities Resilient (eBook)

Vishwa Raj Sharma, Chandrakanta (Herausgeber)

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2019 | 1st ed. 2019
XXIII, 345 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-94932-1 (ISBN)

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As the world has transformed, so have cities. Today, cities are home to 54 percent of the world's population, and by the middle of this century that figure will likely rise to 66 percent. According to the United Nations (UN) Habitat I (1972), Habitat II (1996) and Habitat III (2016) summits, cities are facing many serious challenges, including growing inequality, security concerns and the worsening impacts of climate change. Uncontrolled urbanization has led to many problems (haphazard growth of areas, emergence of slums, inadequate water and power supply, poor sanitation, shortage of transport and other civic amenities, shrinking green spaces, pollution, crime, and urban disaster risks such as fire, flood, road and industrial accidents, etc.).

Worldwide, communities at the international, national and local level are continuously working to improve human habitats. In order to make our planet more sustainable, the UN has moved from the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Among the latter, the aim of SDG 11 is to '...make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.' In light of these challenges, various terms have emerged to help understand urban issues. Visualizing the problem, the United Nations program 'Making Cities Resilient' is focused on mitigating the disaster risk in urban areas.

This book analyzes terms such as: sustainable, resilient, livable, inclusive, smart and world class city, which have emerged in the process of combating urban challenges in today's world. The book addresses emerging concepts for cities, challenges and potentials, urban environments, health and planning/policies. Covering 14 large cities in India, as well as case studies from Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Poland and Sweden, it provides a regional dimension to and micro-level perspective on urban issues.

Perspective of Resilient Cities: Introduction and Overview.- Smart Cities: Milestone of New Era.- The Status of Research on Smart Cities: A Review.- Prospect of Faridabad as a Smart City: A Review.- Planning for Healthy and Sustainable Urbanization: A Case Study of NCT, Delhi.- City Size and its Growth Rate: A Case Study of Kerala, India.- Level of Basic Infrastructure in the Slums: A case study of West Bengal from General to Specific.- Slum Resettlement to the Margins: Increasing Deprivation of the Poor and an Impediment to Resilience of the City.- Streets as Factors and Barriers for Cities Sustain Development.- Urban Resilience and Flash Floods: A Case Study of Chennai Metropolitan City.- Urban Resilience Planning a Way to Respond to Uncertainties: Current Approaches and Challenges.- Health Problems of Urban Elderly in Siwan, Bihar, India.- Social Resources Meeting the Health Services Requirement among Migrant Manual Workers in Patna.- Environment and Health Care Cost: Understanding the Wellbeing Level of Delhi.- A Study of Urban Landscape Characteristics of Bhopal City (India) in Geospatial Environment.- Impact Assessment Motives of Eco2 Sustainable Cities.- Role of Eco-Friendly Materials in Construction for Making Cities Smart.- Identification of Social Norms in Conservation/Utilization of Biodiversity in Aligarh District, India.- Managing the Risk of Environmental Calamity by Effective Implementation of Disaster Management: Critical Analysis of Kedarnath (Uttarakhand) Tragedy 2013.- The Rapid Growth of Japanese Regional Capitals after the 1950s and a New Direction for the Sustainability of their Vitality.- Towards New Paradigm of Smart India: A Case of Amaravati City on India’s Singapore in Making.- An Evaluation of Sustainable Tourism in the Developing Countries of Asia through STM (Sustainable Tourism Measurement) Model: A Comparison of India, Malaysia and Thailand.- Ayodhya: A Study of Urban Governance and Heritage Inclusive Development.- Summary and Concluding Remarks

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.2.2019
Reihe/Serie	The Urban Book Series
Zusatzinfo	XXIII, 345 p. 103 illus., 72 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Technik
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
Schlagworte	Climate change impacts • green spaces • smart cities • sustainable cities • urban geography and urbanism • Urban Resilience
ISBN-10	3-319-94932-2 / 3319949322
ISBN-13	978-3-319-94932-1 / 9783319949321

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