Urban Sprawl and its Smart Management

Mani Dhingra

Abstract


Aristotle once wrote that men come together in cities to live, but stay in them to live the good life. “Cities are now junctions in the flows of people, information, finance and freight….They‘re less and less places where people live and work” says Nigel Harris, a professor of development planning (Ellis and Harris, 2004). However, the urban dynamics and growth has led to the spatial problem of urban sprawl. For developing countries like India, where pace of economic growth is going higher, an idea of smart growth or planned growth can provide benefits in long term planning.

Keywords


Urban Sprawl, Spatial Patterns, Smart Growth, Public Transport System, Government Policies

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