Building the Cities of Tomorrow: Pathways to Inclusive, Safe, Resilient, and Sustainable Urban Futures

Title

Building the Cities of Tomorrow: Pathways to Inclusive, Safe, Resilient, and Sustainable Urban Futures

Creator

Pinto, Oshma Rosette; Senthil Kumar, A.V.

Description

The study offers an outline for supporting inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable urban futures, directing on Indian cities in an international setting. It familiarises three interconnected tools: the Urban Sustainability Integration Model (USIM), the Global Sustainability Transferability Index (GSTI), and the Policy Gap Map (PGM). USIM assesses urban performance in inclusivity, safety, resilience, sustainability, and heritage conservation. GSTI observes the flexibility of global best practices like Barcelonas superblocks or Medells Metrocables to Indian settings by evaluating governance, socio-economic, technological, and cultural factors. PGM recognises misalignments between policy goals and implementation, particularly in relative to SDG 11. Case studies of Mysuru, Bengaluru, Kochi, Tokyo, Curitiba, and Kigali reveal that Indian cities lag in sustainability, with gaps in inclusivity, climate adaptability, and governance. The study offers an analytical, benchmarking, and flexible toolkit for policymakers. 2026, IGI Global Scientific Publishing.

Source

Addressing Challenges and Opportunities in Architectural Sustainability;pp.1-36

Date

01-01-2026

Publisher

IGI Global

Coverage

Pinto O.R., Christ University, India; Senthil Kumar A.V., Nehru Institute of Information Technology and Management, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISBN: 979-836939876-0; 979-836939874-6;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-9874-6.ch001

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