Answer: Cities in India are already in strain with overpopulation and the unhealthy environment we need a sustainable and integrated solution to overcome a sharp rise in urbanization. Urban migration is growing drastically and the livability of many cities degraded rapidly, everyone needs clean land, clean air, clean water to achieve it we need to improvise our strategies to use resources efficiently, urban planning can help to achieve it. Some of the misconception about urban planning and how we can address them follow.
• A city needs a large amount of beautiful and sustainableA city does not have to have a wealthy economy to aim for sustainable urban management and planning as it’s all about how your approach of doing it. Sustainability and better-quality life can be achieved at any point of a city’s progress, including at a low-income level, the most important thing is you can start small you don’t need to do everything at the same time. It’s about collective build upon an attitude change.For example, Banglore lake restoration, as in lecture of S Vishwanathan at Prameya he said spending money is not solution of all you have to think and practice logically to tackle that problem he restore lakes around the city by “Nature Fix” means nature own can solve their problem concept they use local trees and natural cleaning method to clean the lake.• Urbanization is unhealthyUrbanization is not bad; cities need to be prepared to accommodate a flow in residents.
Planning and preparation are very important.We need to face fast urbanization as much climate change is happening so rather than calling wrong, good we need to deal with good governance and proper planning to overcome such issues. To reshape and develop growing cities into lively, environment-friendly urban areas that provides access to resources and basic amenities to all people on an unbiased and sustainable base.For example, BRTS project in Bhopal, When BRTS proposed in Bhopal people concerned that this project will reduce the road sizes, wasting our tax money, no one will use it, But it was a well- prepared project on study of non-motorized commuter survey which states that 31% are pedestrian users and 29% are cycle users in Bhopal means half of the population are non-motorized that’s why government proposed ?MYBUS?2018? it and now it’s a chiefly use public transport which also increases 5% non-motorized commuter in last 2years and provides accessible and walkable communities. It creates pleasant transit stops and safer streets and sidewalks; Provides more frequent, reliable transit to the users.• Going “green” is costly and time-consumingGoing green can be cost-effective. Ramola Naik Singru studied various cities in Asia and found that going green lowering emissions and enhancing renewable energy sources is actually very reasonable. ?Regional Balanced Urbanization for Inclusive Cities?2015 ?Technology and scale have lowered the costs.
It’s really not that costly if planned and budgeted. There are ways to do it, for example through public-private partnerships and investments as well as foreign and multilateral aid as Ahmedabad done for Sabarmati River Front Development an environmental improvement, social development, ensuring clean water, stop sewerage to mix with the river, Recharge groundwater and make riverfront accessible.
