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Sustainable Urban Planning and Making Sustainable Cities

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Sustainable Cities and Communities

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Sustainable development planning in cities

Definition

Planning is the “process for determining appropriate future actions through a sequence of choices” (Davidoff and Reiner 1962). Sustainable urban planning is the “development strategies and practices in cities that ensure livable, self-sustaining communities over long term” (Academic Partnerships 2016).

Introduction

In this entry, sustainable urban planning is discussed critically. At the outset, the concepts of urban planning and sustainable urban planning are defined, and the meaning of sustainable urban planning is discussed. There has been rapid urbanization and unbalanced growth of cities with many physical, social, economic, and environmental consequences. Rapid urbanization has posed serious environmental degradation in cities challenging to quality of life and environment. The cities/towns have become centers of environmental crisis and degradation leading to urban unsustainability. The challenges are how to make...

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  1. The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji

    Manoranjan Mohanty

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  1. European School of Sustainability Science and Research, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökçin Özuyar

  5. University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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  1. Department of Apparel, Housing and Resource Management, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA

    Erin A. Hopkins

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Mohanty, M. (2020). Sustainable Urban Planning and Making Sustainable Cities. In: Leal Filho, W., Marisa Azul, A., Brandli, L., Gökçin Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Sustainable Cities and Communities. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95717-3_62

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