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Making Cities Resilient

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Editors:
  1. Vishwa Raj Sharma

    1. Department of Geography, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

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  2. Chandrakanta

    1. Department of Geography, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

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  • Presents insights into the various issues related to the urban environment and micro climate change
  • Highlights innovative geospatial techniques like urban zonation, urban heat island mapping and vulnerability analysis
  • Presents step-by-step insight into the issues related to resilient cities

Part of the book series: The Urban Book Series (UBS)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Perspective on Resilient Cities: Introduction and Overview

    • Vishwa Raj Sharma, Chandrakanta
    Pages 1-9

  3. Conceptual Framework

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Smart Cities: Milestone of New Era

      • Prashant Singh, Pratibha Singh
      Pages 13-23

    3. The Status of Research on Smart Cities: A Review

      • Rashmi
      Pages 25-37

    4. Prospect of Faridabad as a Smart City: A Review

      • Shahid Jamal, Anjan Sen
      Pages 39-50

  4. Development Potentials and Challenges

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. Planning for Healthy and Sustainable Urbanization: A Case Study of National Capital Territory, Delhi

      • B. W. Pandey, Himanshu Mishra, Usha Kumari Pathak
      Pages 53-63

    3. City Size and Its Growth Rate: A Case Study of Kerala, India

      • Suman Das, Virender Singh Negi, Anupama Verma, Gaurav Nain
      Pages 65-74

    4. Level of Basic Infrastructure in Slums: A Case Study of West Bengal from General to Specific

      • Surya Tewari
      Pages 75-93

    5. Slum Resettlement to the Margins: Increasing the Deprivation of the Poor and Impeding the Resilience of the City

      • Deeksha Bajpai Tewari, Upma Gautam
      Pages 95-111

    6. Streets as Factors for and Barriers to Cities in Sustaining Development: A Comparison of Gothenburg and Gdansk

      • Grazyna Chaberek-Karwacka
      Pages 113-125

    7. Urban Resilience and Flash Floods: A Case Study of Chennai Metropolitan City

      • Anshu, S. Fazal D. Firduai
      Pages 127-140

    8. Urban Resilience Planning: A Way to Respond to Uncertainties—Current Approaches and Challenges

      • Seemin Mushir
      Pages 141-162

  6. Environmental Concern

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
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    2. A Study of Urban-Landscape Characteristics of Bhopal City (India) in a Geo-Spatial Environment

      • Anuj Tiwari, Prabuddh Kumar Mishra
      Pages 207-226
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About this book

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. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

    Vishwa Raj Sharma, Chandrakanta

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