| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 170, 2020
6th International Conference on Energy and City of the Future (EVF’2019)
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| Article Number | 06017 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | City and Buildings of Future | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202017006017 | |
| Published online | 28 May 2020 | |
Future city - challenges and opportunities for water-sensitive sustainable cities, in India
1 Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgavi, Karnataka, India
2 Reva University, Banglore, Karnataka, India.
3 Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Karnataka, India
* Corrosponding Author :- vandana.pusalkar@gmail.com
Rapid urbanization, depleted resources, imbalance in urban hydrologic cycle, tremendous pressure on ecological functions, unhygienic and unhealthy environment is the scenario in almost all Indian cities. Water resources in the urban areas are fast depleting while the demand for the same is fast growing. Now more than ever before, water resources face threats from climate change, population growth, aging infrastructure, declining revenues, and a variety of other localized challenges. The challenge is to find ecologically sustainable, socially justified, economically viable, culturally transferable, and technological and managerial innovations which are appropriate to meet the needs of the future generations i.e. sustainable urban development. What is sustainable development? Detail study of sustainable development goals especially related to water, various recent trends of city development at major parts of world, from water perspective like Water-sensitive city, Water-wise city. Water-centric sustainable community can prove to be an ideal model of city development that will be truly sustainable with full focus on ecological balance so that social and economical sustainability also can be achieved.
Key words: Sustainable development / water-sensitive city / water-wise city / water centric sustainable community
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2020
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