The study investigates whether the present pattern of urban development in India in the creation of mega cities is sustainable and what it can learn from the global mega cities. This has been done by comparing the two ...

Despite urban areas covering less than 1% of the world, they host over 50% of the world's population. As population and human activities expand they exert heavy environmental pressure through the resource requirement, their ...

This study provides a snapshot of the sustainability of selected Indian cities by employing 57 indicators in four dimensions to develop an overall city sustainability index. In recent years, its complexity has made 'urban ...