The study investigates if the present pattern of urban development in India in the creation of mega cities sustainable … (Shanghai, London, and Singapore) using indicators. The objectives of the study are: (i) developing sustainable urban indicator … sustainable urban system. Economic, Environmental, social and institutional indicators are proposed to be examined in the context …

rounds acting as a constraint on comparisons, and using urban poverty ration of the old method as a starting point to decide …

Despite urban areas covering less than 1 of the world, they host over 50 of the world's population. As population and … resulting products and wastes. One method of measuring resource use efficiency is through the analysis of urban metabolism. It … provides a good analytical framework for accounting of urban stocks and throughputs and helps understand critical processes as …

This paper provides a robust multidimensional evaluation of intra -urban differences. The hypothesis that joint … consumption of public goods of individuals in non slum urban India dominates those of individuals living in slums is accepted … while the hypothesis that consumption of private goods of individuals in non slum urban India dominates those of individuals …

differentials across rich and poor states and across rich and poorer strata and rural urban segments of 19 major Indian states. The … disparities even between rural and urban strata and rich and poorer sections of the society. These are indicated by high …

This paper aims to analyse urban mobility patterns and consequent impacts on energy and environment in India. We … using national and urban data sets. It explores the underlying relationship among three dependent variables-energy intensity … examined. Some policy recommendations are outlined to reduce urban transport energy use and greenhouse gases and provide …