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INSIDE Theme paper

03 Fostering Urban 56 Gender Inclusive
Sanitation In India: A
Climate Resilience: Legal Perspective To
Leveraging The New Urban Planning
Urban Agenda And Ms Aakriti Singhai &
SDGs In Cities Adv. Krati Singhai
Ms. Serene Vaid and
Ms. Adishree Pande
Case studies
11 Towards Low Carbon 68 Reclaiming the
Cities Existing: A tool for
Mr A K Jain Urban Renewal
Ms. Maithily G. Velangi
Theme 22 Overview of Carbon-
free technologies for
The world is becoming more urban than smarter cities
rural and India is no different. About 35
per cent of India lives in cities and about 63 Ms. Abhisikha Das & Mr.
per cent of India’s national income comes Abhishek Upperwal IN THE BOX
from cities. At the same time, cities are
also the biggest emitters of the greenhouse • HUDCO organized 02
gases. As cities are where businesses and 33 Planning for
economic activities are concentrated, it Webinar to mark 7th
is no exaggeration to say that the battle 15 Minutes International Day of Yoga
against climate change would be won or Neighbourhoods in India st 21
lost in our cities. Against this backdrop, • HUDCO marks its 51
the theme of this year’s World Habitat Ms. Anchal Srivastava Annual Day
Day forms the central focus of this issue 41
of Shelter – “Accelerated urban action for • Webinar on “RBI
a carbon-free world”. WHD Concept Note Regulatory Framework
Indian cities are growing at a rapid pace 42 Accelerating Urban for NBFC” & Release of
Shelter April, 2021
and to cater to this surge, India would action for a Carbon-Free
have to invest heavily in new urban • Online Training 48
infrastructure, 70 per cent of which still World Programme on Project
needs to be constructed. If we want our UN-Habitat
cities to be climate and pandemic ready Financing, Monitoring
then this new development would have to and Management
be green and resilient and planned with Policy Review 75
the objective of achieving social inclusion, • HUDCO CSR initiative
economic growth and environmental 49 Economics Of Housing • General Guidelines: Check 77
sustainability. The benefits of urbanisation & PMAY-HFA(URBAN) list for Submission of
and agglomeration economies would have
to be harnessed without compromising on - Impacts of Housing Articles
the energy consumption and emissions Investment on Employment,
benchmarks. To reduce the carbon Income & GDP
footprint of growing Indian cities, the key
strategies could include compact mixed Dr Akshaya K Sen
land use development, low carbon and
inclusive public transportation system, The views expressed in this publication are the personal views of authors and do not necessarily
water, sanitation, waste management, and reflect the official views and policies of HUDCO / HSMI. Articles or any other material in the
energy systems that are resource-efficient
and financially viable. publication may be reproduced so long as the credit is given and tear sheets are provided to
the editor. All photo credits are by the authors unless otherwise specified.