Urban sustainability - street charater, infrastructure & identity

Abstract

The radical transformation of the natural environment that began towards the end of the eighteen century affected humanity, where no humane tradition or even plain self-respect acted as a brake to all out spoil, cities grew into non cities and so we have not seen our cities as they are. Urban patterns are the identification of the uniqueness of an urban city. Cities growing up with a past pace and as you see urban scenario is also changing with a great development, urban fronts are adding up to urban scenarios as you see development happing in both ways on a city level and on urban level .In cities even small town and streets are adapting few more techniques to catch up with the growing development. Street functioning and market places are also turning up to be development areas and development fronts. As this scenario is changing on urban front small cities and villages are also adapting to the fast pace development. Our City planning manifesto including political agendas always talk about new developments & growth, but sustainability always remains a missing link. Development alone can never be a right approach for a developing nation if sustainability is not being considered an integral part of its planned/ proposed development agendas. The true success of any developed country lies in striking a chord between development and environment; in achieving sustainable development. This stays true for all developed countries across the world, which are at present going through a modern-era revolution i.e. Urban Sustainability. In India, green and sustainability terminologies had been introduced recently, yet it is popular among only a few stakeholders of the society rather than being treated as a mass movement. Keeping in mind the current and future expected population growth of our country, thinking about ‘Development’ alone will not be sufficient for the overall sustainable growth of our country. Development and Urban environment are in fact two sides of the same coin. Hence a balance between the two entities has to be ensured at all times for sustainable growth.