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Urbanization, Carbon Emissions, and SDG Aligned Strategies for Sustainable Cities

Title
Urbanization, Carbon Emissions, and SDG Aligned Strategies for Sustainable Cities
Creator
Lehri, Bikram Paul Singh; Kumar, Amit; Kakar, Jasreen Kaur
Description
With the rapid growth in urbanization, carbon emission has emerged as the major challenge. Urban areas are a major contributors of global carbon emissions with transportation, factories and construction sectors contributing to the majority of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Urbanisation also demands excessive energy and creates pollution. Many prior studies have reported the direct relationship between rapid urbanization and an increase in carbon emissions. This chapter aims to highlight the carbon emission related challenges to o the urbanization and actions to address those challenges. Further, this chapter also outlines various SDGs aligned strategies to reduce the carbon emissions due to urbanization and suggests policy actions to adopt green technologies that resulted in the level of carbon footprint. It provides important insights into low-carbon transportation systems, smart waste management system and green digital infrastructure to reduce the carbon footprint in the urban area and help achieve SDG7, SDG9, SDG11, and SDG 15. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2026.
Source
World Sustainability Series;Volume;Part F1916;pp.183-198
Date
01-01-2026
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Subject
Carbon emission; Digital infrastructure; SDGs; Smart cities; Urbanization
Coverage
Lehri B.P.S., University School of Business, Chandigarh University, Mohali, India; Kumar A., School of Business Management, Christ University, Bengaluru, India; Kakar J.K., University Institute of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Chandigarh University, Mohali, India
Rights
Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library
Relation
ISSN: 21997373;
Format
online
Language
English
Type
Book chapter

Citation

Lehri, Bikram Paul Singh; Kumar, Amit; Kakar, Jasreen Kaur, “Urbanization, Carbon Emissions, and SDG Aligned Strategies for Sustainable Cities,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed June 18, 2026, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/24113.

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