With the global population expanding at an unprecedented rate, the demands placed on communities are also greater than ever. Without a strong blueprint for sustainable operations, a community can switch from being a harmonious environment to one that places stress on its inhabitants and economy. Sustainable master planning allows us to delve into the very inner workings of a community to ensure it can efficiently support future generations. The places we help to shape are built not only to last, but to grow as your community grows.
The Importance of Urban Planners in Sustainability
Creating sustainable communities — including the physical, economic, political, social and environmental aspects — involves many challenges. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), “The environmental aspect of sustainability focuses on the goals of protecting the environment and the conservation of natural resources for current and future generations.” To accomplish these goals, sustainability professionals, in particular urban and regional planners, create solutions and implement policies to help businesses and communities manage their resources, lower their consumption of natural resources and reduce their overall impact on the environment.
Despite the fact that urban India is placed as the second largest urban system in the world,only about 30 percent cities out of a total of 7935 urban settlements in the country have completed master plans even after seven decades of independence and completing twelve five year plans of growth and development.
In order to ensure that urban centre’s become smart and engines of economic growth besides ushers of new era of rapid and equitable which leads to preparing Better Master Plans of cities on a time bound basis. This calls for changing our existing approach, intent, contents and scope of preparing Master Plans. Cities must be made to live, breathe and grow freely. They must provide supportive environment to promote orderly development, attract investment and ensure quality of life besides providing opportunities to all its existing and future residents to lead an optimum and quality life. Options for preparing new order of Master Plans to make cities smart and sustainable should essentially revolve around
