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ISSN: 2321-0869, Volume-1, Issue-8, October 2013
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Abstract— This paper on sustainable development strategies
and Approaches is an attempt to get a holistic view of the
sustainable development and how this can be achieved through
the integrated development approach at various levels. The
paper starts with understanding the definition of the sustainable
development and they the author attempt to analyze the
sustainable development strategies and approaches at different
levels. Starting with building and moving towards sustainable
neighbourhood and then towards the sustainable urban and
regional areas is a good attempt to get an overall approach to the
sustainable development rather than thinking about the
different links and missing out the final goal and objectives of
the sustainable development. Readers will find this article to get
the overall picture that emerges after the continued efforts at
different levels, international, national level, regional,
neighbourhood and building level in such a lucid manner that
any non-technical person can easily understand the concept of
the sustainable development and various prevalent sustainable
development strategies and approaches.
Index Terms— Sustainable Development, Sustainable
Strategies, Sustainable Approaches, Definition of Sustainability,
Sustainable Building, Sustainable Neighbourhood, Sustainable
Region
I. INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability as a concept has been around for centuries.
Throughout the long history of human existence on the earth,
human being has been constantly adopting adapting himself to
sustain human race with the changing climate, topography,
vegetation, economic base and evolving social systems. We
will not go in detail of our earlier evidences of sustainability.
Rather we will concentrate on the modern concept of
sustainability, which emerged through various international
conferences.
During the 1960s, development thinking tried to prioritize
economic growth and the application of modern scientific and
technical knowledge to ensure that the fruits of the
development reach to the underdevelopment nations too.
Industrialization through capitalist growth was seen as the
central requirement in order for development to take place
and through this strengthening of the material base of society;
all countries had an equal chance to develop. The
optimism of the theorists of the 1960s, however, was
generally not borne out by experience of development on the
Manuscript received October 19, 2013.
Shashikant Nishant Sharma is a professionally qualified Urban
Planner and Planning Consultant by profession. Best essay award in School
of Planning and Architecture, Delhi in 2011 for his critical essay on 'Politics
and Corruption' written in Hindi on Hindi Diwas celebration. He has been
writing since 2003 and he has scores of books published.
ground in that decade. By the 1970s, inequality between and
within countries had in fact worsened.
By the 1980s, dependency theory had largely moved out of
fashion within development thinking, criticized in particular
for its rather deterministic emphasis on the role of external
economic structures in shaping society and development
(Ferraro, 2008).
A belief in what Simon (2002: 87) terms the ‗magic of the
market‘ developed and neo-liberal ideas of development took
hold. Neo-liberalism is essentially an approach to
development that considers the free market to be the best way
to initiate and sustain economic development. For many
nations in the developing world, their entry into the world
economy through the 1990s was increasingly defined by the
neoliberal policies of the World Bank (WB) and the
International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The use of the term ‗Sustainability‘ in connection with the
built environment is more recent; first arising in a publication
entitled ―World Conservation Strategy‖, published in 1980 by
the International Union for the Conservation of Nature
(Steele, 2005). The publication of a publication ―Our
Common Future‖ by the World Commission on Environment
and Development in 1987 brought the concept of
sustainability to forefront of the public discussion. The
commission in its report defined sustainability as
development ―…that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their
own needs‖ (World Commission on Environment &
Development, 1987, p8). In 1992, the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development, the ‗Earth
Summit‘, took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the time, it
was the largest ever international conference held, with over
170 governments represented (Adams, 2001) and a further
2,500 NGOs and 8,000 accredited journalists attending
(O‘Riordan, 2000).
The central aim was to identify the principles of an agenda for
action towards sustainable development in the future.
In 2002, 104 heads of state once again met in
Johannesburg, South Africa, for the World Summit on
Sustainable Development (WSSD). The global challenge of
sustainability is now understood to lie in the complex
interdependencies of environmental, social and economic
dĂŠveloppement (Potter et al., 2004).
II. DEFINING SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability is widely discussed issue and a trend in the
modern world planning and development. We will discuss the
nature and character of the sustainability and the concept of
the sustainable development. There are many definitions
given by many scholars and organizations working in the field
of development and planning. Let‘s have a look at some of the
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND
APPROACHES
Shashikant Nishant Sharma
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most suitable definitions given by scholars and
organizations." Sustainable development is development that
meets the needs of the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It
contains within it two key concepts
1) The concept of needs, in particular the essential needs of the
world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given;
and
2) The idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and
social organization on the environment's ability to meet
present and future needs." (World Commission on
Environment and Development, 1987)
―Sustainable development involves devising a social and
economic system, which ensures that these goals are
sustained, i.e. that real incomes rise, that educational
standards increase that the health of the nation improves, and
that the general quality of life is advanced (Pearce, Makandia
& Barbier, 1989).‖ ―Sustainable development, sustainable
growth, and sustainable use have been used interchangeably,
as if their meanings were the same. They are not. Sustainable
growth is a contradiction in terms: nothing physical can grow
indefinitely. Sustainable use is only applicable to renewable
resources. Sustainable development is used in this strategy to
mean: improving the quality of human life whilst living within
the carrying capacity of the ecosystems‖ (IUCN, UNEP,
WWF, 1991)". In principle, such an optimal (sustainable
growth) policy would seek to maintain an acceptable rate of
growth in per-capita real incomes without depleting the
national capital asset stock or the natural environmental asset
stock (Turner, 1988: 12).
‗The net productivity of biomass (positive mass balance per
unit area per unit time) maintained over decades to centuries‘
(Conway, 1987: 96).
Time has come when we must think about the sustainable
development approach which means that we must have due
consideration of the social equity and the conservation cum
protection of the natural environment while planning for the
economic development to meet the need and the greed of the
people who are in power whether economic or political"
(Sharma, 2013). ―Development is about realizing resource
potential, Sustainable development of renewable natural
resources implies respecting limits to the development
process, even though these limits are adjustable by
technology. The sustainability of technology may be judged
by whether it increases production, but retains its other
environmental and other limits‖ (Holdgate, 1993). With half
the world‘s population now living in cities and with
development challenges like climate change, health, water
supply, and food security having particularly strong impacts
on urban populations and infrastructure, the world needs
program approaches that are appropriate for responding to the
development challenges of a rapidly urbanizing world. This is
imperative to think over it and implement the suitable one for
the benefit of the planet and the human race.
III. MODERN SUSTAINABILITY CONCEPT IN ARCHITECTURE
The field of architecture also got influenced by the
concept of sustainable development and architects started
thinking about the practices of energy efficient green
buildings. Many international rating systems evolved to
ascertain the energy efficiency of the built environment. This
proved to be s great step in ensuring the sustainability at the
building level. Theories of vernacularism, regionalism,
critical regionalism, cross-cultural difference and heritage
conservation are essentially perspectives that greatly
influenced the development in the architectural domain in the
direction of sustainable habitat and energy efficient building.
Architectural sustainability is the combination of
ideas that based on the natural image, the cultural image, and
the technical image. In the natural image, the key to
architectural sustainability is to work with, not against,
nature; to understand, sensitively exploit and simultaneously
avoid damaging natural systems. ‗Design with nature‘ at the
building level is a code for recognizing sun paths, breezes,
shade trees and rock formations as natural features that can be
‗worked with‘ in making somewhere for people to inhabit,
while recognizing significant trees, animal tracks, habitats
and natural drainage systems as natural features that must be
‗protected‘. The ‗eco-centric‘ logic that Guy and Farmer
(2001: 142–3) identify in the discourse of architecture
embraces this image of sustainability, linking it strongly with
a rhetoric of a fragile, delicately balanced earth where
straying far from this path will lead to environmental
catastrophe. Materials are those of nature with little human
modification: straw bale, rammed earth and pressed mud
brick, or rough-hewn stone, and ‗natural‘ timber rather than
‗manufactured‘ timber particleboards, all with ‗natural‘
finishes. But new building also symbolizes the continuing
vitality of the local culture, so that the new building is
expected to rework rather than reproduce the vernacular, to be
identifiably contemporary while eminently respectful of the
past. The technical image of sustainability portrays technical
innovation in the solution of social, economic and
environmental problems. The record of accomplishment of
architects over the centuries in finding technical solutions to
innumerable problems inspires confidence that the same will
happen in the future.
Reduced energy consumption, reduced embodied
energy in materials, internal temperatures and lighting levels
within desired levels, reduced initial and operating costs are
benchmarks for building sustainability.
We have seen the emergence of the sustainability concept
for building based on nature, culture and technology. We now
move to next level i.e., neighbourhood level.
IV. SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBORHOOD
Nowadays, there has been much debate around the need
for sustainable neighbourhood. However, what is a
sustainable neighbourhood exactly? Why is neighbourhood
important and why is sustainability crucial at this scale?
A sustainable neighbourhood is a mixed used area with a
feeling of community. It is a social space where people want
to live and work, now and in the future. Sustainable
neighbourhood meets the diverse needs of existing and future
residents, are sensitive to their environment, and contribute to
a high quality of life. They are safe and inclusive, well
planned, built and run, and offer equality of opportunity and
good services to all. (Bristol Accord, 6-7 December 2005).
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Sustainable neighbourhood planning aims to accomplish
long-term socially, environmentally and economically
feasible communities by focusing on:
Governance and Management
The inclusive participation, representation of the user of
the services and public spaces will ensure minimum
expenditure of the municipal authorities and residents will
have more concern for the cleanliness of the neighbourhood.
Transport and Mobility
Well-connected places of residence, work and
recreation will reduce the dependency on the use of the
transportation system. The neighbourhood should have all
basic amenities and basic services available at walking
distance say not more than 500m to 1000m.
Environment
The preservation and integration of the environment in
the development will ensure long-term healthy environment
of the neighbourhood. The use of the open space and
incidental open spaces will aid to the quality of the
environment.
Economy
A flourishing and lively local economy can be promoted
through the renting of commercial establishments to residents
and providing accommodation for the service people like
washerman, ironman, milkman etc. will enhance the
sustainability of the local economy.
Services
Availability of public, private, community and voluntary
services, which are accessible to all residents, should be
ensured so that residents need not unnecessarily travel long
distances for basic needs. The waste disposal and recycling
should be promoted at the neighbourhood level to reduce the
pressure on the municipal authorities.
Equity
All socio-cultural group should have equal access to the
community facilities. In recent years, in cities like Delhi, there
is tendency of the resident‘s welfare associations to create
gated community of particular class of people or housing
society, which is not a good development. This should be
wisely addressed and resolved to ensure equity in the
development. Public services must be accessible to all
irrespective of socio-economic differences.
Mixed used
The mixed-use development ensures that people have
easy access to self-employment and this promotes enterprise
in the middle and lower class of income based classifications.
Many streets in Delhi is getting converted into mixed use over
the passing years to meet the growing needs and demands of
the residents.
The quest for more sustainable communities and
neighbourhood requires that we look at improvement in the
qualities of life and living standard of the different sections of
the society. The more interactive the neighbourhood
communities the more socio-economic exchanges are
possible and the increased participation will ensure the
enforcement of good public life and amenities.
V. SUSTAINABLE URBAN AND REGIONAL APPROACH
Figure 1: Sustainability Diagram (Photo Courtesy:
www.sustainability.umd.edu
On the surface, sustainable development is a simple concept:
Current and future generations must strive to achieve a decent
standard of living for all people and live within the limits of
natural systems. Despite this simplicity, there is no general
agreement on how the concept should be translated into
practice. While there is no question that the concept is
increasingly being used to guide planning, its implementation
is not immediately apparent. Beatley and Manning (1998)
argue that within the planning profession, "There is a general
sense that sustainability is a good thing, but will ... require
definition and elaboration, as do terms such as freedom and
quality of life" (p. 3). Campbell (1996) maintains that the
"current concept of sustainable development, though a
laudable holistic vision, is vulnerable to the same criticism of
vague idealism made against comprehensive planning" (p.
296).
Accordingly, planners must foresee and shape the scope and
character of future development, identify existing and
emerging needs, and fashion plans to assure that those needs
will be met and that communities will be able to continuously
reproduce and revitalize themselves. By this definition, built
environments become more livable; ecosystems become
healthier; economic development becomes more responsive
to the needs of place rather than furthering the profits of a
powerful few; and the benefits of improved environmental
and economic conditions become more equitably distributed.
A second characteristic is "balance" among environmental,
economic, and social values (Kaiser et al., 1995; Neuman,
1999). Kaiser and his colleagues argue that plans should
reflect an appropriate balance among these sometimes
competing, sometimes complementary values. Achieving
balance usually entails coordination, negotiation, and
compromise. When all values are not represented,
sustainability cannot be promoted by a plan. If environmental
values are not accounted for, then the basic life support
process upon which a community depends cannot be
sustained. If economic development values are not
represented, then the fundamental source of community
change and improvement is denied. If social values are not
reflected in a plan, then places will be created that do not meet
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the life and work needs of local people, and do not fairly serve
all interest groups.
The integrated development approaches and strategies to
integrate the economically productive system of urban areas
with the food producing and ecologically viable hinterlands
will not only help in resource redistribution and optimal
utilization of the resources but also help in maintaining the
natural fabric of interdependence of urban and rural systems.
Interdependence and sustainability in terms of economy,
ecology, social, environmental, infrastructural, institutional
and physical subsystems is the need of the hour and our policy
planners and development administrators must keep this in
mind while thinking about any project and programme of
development. This holistic approach of sustainable
development and strategies for growth will sustain and
perpetuate the system of our survival on the earth.
VI. CONCLUSION
The right attitude, knowledge, skills, and actions in both roles
can assist a community in creating the best solution for its
cultural and resource conditions. While architects can design
and even construct a particular built environment in a
community, they can also be involved in sustainable
community processes and creation of consensus
decision-making with other community members. Focusing
on change to the built environment of communities, the
degree of architects and planners‘ participation lies between
the opposing poles of expert and user assisted design and
decision making (Wulz, 1990). From ‗design for
communities‘(i.e., sustainable design and planning) to ‗design
with communities‘ (i.e., participatory design and technical
assistance) to ‗design by communities‘(i.e., taking part as a
community member and working with other community
members in sustainable community design), the roles of
architects will move from being professionals to acting more
as citizens. Besides this change to built environment issues,
architects and planners can take part in other community
activities or sustainable development programmes. From our
study of the literature and observations during working as
professionals, it can be summarized in the following key
findings.
1) Energy efficient building and designing building to
enhance the functionality, image ability and usability.
2) Increasing the accessibility to the basic services and
facilities at reasonable distances.
3) Developing healthy social and sustainable neighborhood.
4) To meet the demands of more economically and socially
complex societies, national governments have been
increasingly decentralizing and delegating authorities to
local levels of government and especially towns and
cities.
5) Rapid urbanization has resulted in the need for large
investments in urban infrastructure including water,
sanitation, and urban transport, among others. This
places a tremendous burden on municipal governments,
especially since an ever growing proportion of the urban
population lives in unplanned settlements and slums.
6) Climate change poses serious challenges to many towns
and cities, exacerbating the vulnerability of many of the
urban poor to disaster and dislocation. Cities will play a
major role in climate change adaptation and mitigation,
and will provide critical services and infrastructure to
support food security.
7) Government agencies and NGOs have a tremendous
amount of expertise and relevant training and models to
offer in the form of partnerships to address climate and
food security related challenges.
8) While urban women often experience greater opportunities
for economic and social freedom and education
compared to their rural counterparts, poor urban women
are frequently subject to economic and social
exploitation and hardship.
9) Linkage to initiatives like Feed the Future, Global Health,
Climate Change, and other congressional and executive
priorities cannot be properly addressed without
understanding the demographic realities of an
increasingly urbanized world.
10) Community‐based organizations should be trained to
connect resilient urban infrastructure development to
improved livelihood opportunities; access to credit for
sanitation and household connections to city water
supply and sanitation systems; improved, energy efficient
building design and construction; resilient building
technologies; and transparent urban service, project
design, management and implementation.
11) Innovative urban services and green building initiatives.
Innovative urban development includes green
infrastructure approaches and building initiatives to
reduce the carbon footprint of urban growth and
construction. Areas that could be addressed include
energy efficiency, renewable energy options, transport
options including bike lanes and mass transit, recycling
water and wastewater, renewable energy sources
including solar energy, and green building design.
12) Development, maintenance, and analysis of a city
information base to understand what needs to be done
and to serve as the basis for inclusive urban infrastructure
planning, and future rational urban growth. This
information base should be used through a geographic
information system (GIS) to provide important
information on vulnerable populations.
13) The sharing of information and expertise across various
departments engaged in development and planning is
now more crucial which will pave the way for
collaborative planning and management efforts.
Therefore, in short we can say that time has come when we
must plan and develop our resources at global level but
manage them at local level to enhance the efficiency and
effectiveness of the development measures. The co-ordinated
and consolidated efforts of all the developing and developed
nations are solicited. The developing nations are using mostly
conventional sources of energy while the developed nations
are turning towards the renewable energy. Germany promises
to replace all its nuclear power plants with solar and other
renewable energy resources. In this context, there is need of
free and barrier free technology transfer throughout the world
is a necessity of time. We must learn to shift out attention from
resource development to resource management for the
wellbeing of the human race along with the environment,
which has no significance place in our policy prioritization.
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―Let‘s make this earth a better place to live and fit for
habitation of future generation through thinking level global
and planning at local level (Author, 2013).‖
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Shashikant Nishant Sharma is a professionally qualified Urban Planner
and Planning Consultant by profession. Best essay award in School of
Planning and Architecture, Delhi in 2011 for his critical essay on 'Politics
and Corruption' written in Hindi on Hindi Diwas celebration. He has been
writing since 2003 and he has scores of books published. His area of interest
is diverse which you can see from his literary works. Poetry, lyrics, ghazals,
short stories and thoughtful essays on current affairs and urban planning
issues are his area of deep interest and continued writing. Being brought up
in rural area, got educated in sub-urban area and now living in metropolitan
city, Delhi, he has been able to gather many experiences on diverse fields
especially on political, cultural, socio-economic and environmental issues.
His graduation in physical planning from School of Planning and
Architecture (SPA, Delhi) added new dimensions to his thinking and
writing. He is currently pursuing post-graduation from Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT), Roorkee.
For reading more of his poems or articles on current affairs, you can visit
wwww.sureshotpost.com

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  • 1. International Journal of Engineering and Technical Research (IJETR) ISSN: 2321-0869, Volume-1, Issue-8, October 2013 79 www.erpublication.org  Abstract— This paper on sustainable development strategies and Approaches is an attempt to get a holistic view of the sustainable development and how this can be achieved through the integrated development approach at various levels. The paper starts with understanding the definition of the sustainable development and they the author attempt to analyze the sustainable development strategies and approaches at different levels. Starting with building and moving towards sustainable neighbourhood and then towards the sustainable urban and regional areas is a good attempt to get an overall approach to the sustainable development rather than thinking about the different links and missing out the final goal and objectives of the sustainable development. Readers will find this article to get the overall picture that emerges after the continued efforts at different levels, international, national level, regional, neighbourhood and building level in such a lucid manner that any non-technical person can easily understand the concept of the sustainable development and various prevalent sustainable development strategies and approaches. Index Terms— Sustainable Development, Sustainable Strategies, Sustainable Approaches, Definition of Sustainability, Sustainable Building, Sustainable Neighbourhood, Sustainable Region I. INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABILITY Sustainability as a concept has been around for centuries. Throughout the long history of human existence on the earth, human being has been constantly adopting adapting himself to sustain human race with the changing climate, topography, vegetation, economic base and evolving social systems. We will not go in detail of our earlier evidences of sustainability. Rather we will concentrate on the modern concept of sustainability, which emerged through various international conferences. During the 1960s, development thinking tried to prioritize economic growth and the application of modern scientific and technical knowledge to ensure that the fruits of the development reach to the underdevelopment nations too. Industrialization through capitalist growth was seen as the central requirement in order for development to take place and through this strengthening of the material base of society; all countries had an equal chance to develop. The optimism of the theorists of the 1960s, however, was generally not borne out by experience of development on the Manuscript received October 19, 2013. Shashikant Nishant Sharma is a professionally qualified Urban Planner and Planning Consultant by profession. Best essay award in School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi in 2011 for his critical essay on 'Politics and Corruption' written in Hindi on Hindi Diwas celebration. He has been writing since 2003 and he has scores of books published. ground in that decade. By the 1970s, inequality between and within countries had in fact worsened. By the 1980s, dependency theory had largely moved out of fashion within development thinking, criticized in particular for its rather deterministic emphasis on the role of external economic structures in shaping society and development (Ferraro, 2008). A belief in what Simon (2002: 87) terms the ‗magic of the market‘ developed and neo-liberal ideas of development took hold. Neo-liberalism is essentially an approach to development that considers the free market to be the best way to initiate and sustain economic development. For many nations in the developing world, their entry into the world economy through the 1990s was increasingly defined by the neoliberal policies of the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The use of the term ‗Sustainability‘ in connection with the built environment is more recent; first arising in a publication entitled ―World Conservation Strategy‖, published in 1980 by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (Steele, 2005). The publication of a publication ―Our Common Future‖ by the World Commission on Environment and Development in 1987 brought the concept of sustainability to forefront of the public discussion. The commission in its report defined sustainability as development ―…that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs‖ (World Commission on Environment & Development, 1987, p8). In 1992, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, the ‗Earth Summit‘, took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the time, it was the largest ever international conference held, with over 170 governments represented (Adams, 2001) and a further 2,500 NGOs and 8,000 accredited journalists attending (O‘Riordan, 2000). The central aim was to identify the principles of an agenda for action towards sustainable development in the future. In 2002, 104 heads of state once again met in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). The global challenge of sustainability is now understood to lie in the complex interdependencies of environmental, social and economic dĂŠveloppement (Potter et al., 2004). II. DEFINING SUSTAINABILITY Sustainability is widely discussed issue and a trend in the modern world planning and development. We will discuss the nature and character of the sustainability and the concept of the sustainable development. There are many definitions given by many scholars and organizations working in the field of development and planning. Let‘s have a look at some of the SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES Shashikant Nishant Sharma
  • 2. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES 80 www.erpublication.org most suitable definitions given by scholars and organizations." Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It contains within it two key concepts 1) The concept of needs, in particular the essential needs of the world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given; and 2) The idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organization on the environment's ability to meet present and future needs." (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987) ―Sustainable development involves devising a social and economic system, which ensures that these goals are sustained, i.e. that real incomes rise, that educational standards increase that the health of the nation improves, and that the general quality of life is advanced (Pearce, Makandia & Barbier, 1989).‖ ―Sustainable development, sustainable growth, and sustainable use have been used interchangeably, as if their meanings were the same. They are not. Sustainable growth is a contradiction in terms: nothing physical can grow indefinitely. Sustainable use is only applicable to renewable resources. Sustainable development is used in this strategy to mean: improving the quality of human life whilst living within the carrying capacity of the ecosystems‖ (IUCN, UNEP, WWF, 1991)". In principle, such an optimal (sustainable growth) policy would seek to maintain an acceptable rate of growth in per-capita real incomes without depleting the national capital asset stock or the natural environmental asset stock (Turner, 1988: 12). ‗The net productivity of biomass (positive mass balance per unit area per unit time) maintained over decades to centuries‘ (Conway, 1987: 96). Time has come when we must think about the sustainable development approach which means that we must have due consideration of the social equity and the conservation cum protection of the natural environment while planning for the economic development to meet the need and the greed of the people who are in power whether economic or political" (Sharma, 2013). ―Development is about realizing resource potential, Sustainable development of renewable natural resources implies respecting limits to the development process, even though these limits are adjustable by technology. The sustainability of technology may be judged by whether it increases production, but retains its other environmental and other limits‖ (Holdgate, 1993). With half the world‘s population now living in cities and with development challenges like climate change, health, water supply, and food security having particularly strong impacts on urban populations and infrastructure, the world needs program approaches that are appropriate for responding to the development challenges of a rapidly urbanizing world. This is imperative to think over it and implement the suitable one for the benefit of the planet and the human race. III. MODERN SUSTAINABILITY CONCEPT IN ARCHITECTURE The field of architecture also got influenced by the concept of sustainable development and architects started thinking about the practices of energy efficient green buildings. Many international rating systems evolved to ascertain the energy efficiency of the built environment. This proved to be s great step in ensuring the sustainability at the building level. Theories of vernacularism, regionalism, critical regionalism, cross-cultural difference and heritage conservation are essentially perspectives that greatly influenced the development in the architectural domain in the direction of sustainable habitat and energy efficient building. Architectural sustainability is the combination of ideas that based on the natural image, the cultural image, and the technical image. In the natural image, the key to architectural sustainability is to work with, not against, nature; to understand, sensitively exploit and simultaneously avoid damaging natural systems. ‗Design with nature‘ at the building level is a code for recognizing sun paths, breezes, shade trees and rock formations as natural features that can be ‗worked with‘ in making somewhere for people to inhabit, while recognizing significant trees, animal tracks, habitats and natural drainage systems as natural features that must be ‗protected‘. The ‗eco-centric‘ logic that Guy and Farmer (2001: 142–3) identify in the discourse of architecture embraces this image of sustainability, linking it strongly with a rhetoric of a fragile, delicately balanced earth where straying far from this path will lead to environmental catastrophe. Materials are those of nature with little human modification: straw bale, rammed earth and pressed mud brick, or rough-hewn stone, and ‗natural‘ timber rather than ‗manufactured‘ timber particleboards, all with ‗natural‘ finishes. But new building also symbolizes the continuing vitality of the local culture, so that the new building is expected to rework rather than reproduce the vernacular, to be identifiably contemporary while eminently respectful of the past. The technical image of sustainability portrays technical innovation in the solution of social, economic and environmental problems. The record of accomplishment of architects over the centuries in finding technical solutions to innumerable problems inspires confidence that the same will happen in the future. Reduced energy consumption, reduced embodied energy in materials, internal temperatures and lighting levels within desired levels, reduced initial and operating costs are benchmarks for building sustainability. We have seen the emergence of the sustainability concept for building based on nature, culture and technology. We now move to next level i.e., neighbourhood level. IV. SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBORHOOD Nowadays, there has been much debate around the need for sustainable neighbourhood. However, what is a sustainable neighbourhood exactly? Why is neighbourhood important and why is sustainability crucial at this scale? A sustainable neighbourhood is a mixed used area with a feeling of community. It is a social space where people want to live and work, now and in the future. Sustainable neighbourhood meets the diverse needs of existing and future residents, are sensitive to their environment, and contribute to a high quality of life. They are safe and inclusive, well planned, built and run, and offer equality of opportunity and good services to all. (Bristol Accord, 6-7 December 2005).
  • 3. International Journal of Engineering and Technical Research (IJETR) ISSN: 2321-0869, Volume-1, Issue-8, October 2013 81 www.erpublication.org Sustainable neighbourhood planning aims to accomplish long-term socially, environmentally and economically feasible communities by focusing on: Governance and Management The inclusive participation, representation of the user of the services and public spaces will ensure minimum expenditure of the municipal authorities and residents will have more concern for the cleanliness of the neighbourhood. Transport and Mobility Well-connected places of residence, work and recreation will reduce the dependency on the use of the transportation system. The neighbourhood should have all basic amenities and basic services available at walking distance say not more than 500m to 1000m. Environment The preservation and integration of the environment in the development will ensure long-term healthy environment of the neighbourhood. The use of the open space and incidental open spaces will aid to the quality of the environment. Economy A flourishing and lively local economy can be promoted through the renting of commercial establishments to residents and providing accommodation for the service people like washerman, ironman, milkman etc. will enhance the sustainability of the local economy. Services Availability of public, private, community and voluntary services, which are accessible to all residents, should be ensured so that residents need not unnecessarily travel long distances for basic needs. The waste disposal and recycling should be promoted at the neighbourhood level to reduce the pressure on the municipal authorities. Equity All socio-cultural group should have equal access to the community facilities. In recent years, in cities like Delhi, there is tendency of the resident‘s welfare associations to create gated community of particular class of people or housing society, which is not a good development. This should be wisely addressed and resolved to ensure equity in the development. Public services must be accessible to all irrespective of socio-economic differences. Mixed used The mixed-use development ensures that people have easy access to self-employment and this promotes enterprise in the middle and lower class of income based classifications. Many streets in Delhi is getting converted into mixed use over the passing years to meet the growing needs and demands of the residents. The quest for more sustainable communities and neighbourhood requires that we look at improvement in the qualities of life and living standard of the different sections of the society. The more interactive the neighbourhood communities the more socio-economic exchanges are possible and the increased participation will ensure the enforcement of good public life and amenities. V. SUSTAINABLE URBAN AND REGIONAL APPROACH Figure 1: Sustainability Diagram (Photo Courtesy: www.sustainability.umd.edu On the surface, sustainable development is a simple concept: Current and future generations must strive to achieve a decent standard of living for all people and live within the limits of natural systems. Despite this simplicity, there is no general agreement on how the concept should be translated into practice. While there is no question that the concept is increasingly being used to guide planning, its implementation is not immediately apparent. Beatley and Manning (1998) argue that within the planning profession, "There is a general sense that sustainability is a good thing, but will ... require definition and elaboration, as do terms such as freedom and quality of life" (p. 3). Campbell (1996) maintains that the "current concept of sustainable development, though a laudable holistic vision, is vulnerable to the same criticism of vague idealism made against comprehensive planning" (p. 296). Accordingly, planners must foresee and shape the scope and character of future development, identify existing and emerging needs, and fashion plans to assure that those needs will be met and that communities will be able to continuously reproduce and revitalize themselves. By this definition, built environments become more livable; ecosystems become healthier; economic development becomes more responsive to the needs of place rather than furthering the profits of a powerful few; and the benefits of improved environmental and economic conditions become more equitably distributed. A second characteristic is "balance" among environmental, economic, and social values (Kaiser et al., 1995; Neuman, 1999). Kaiser and his colleagues argue that plans should reflect an appropriate balance among these sometimes competing, sometimes complementary values. Achieving balance usually entails coordination, negotiation, and compromise. When all values are not represented, sustainability cannot be promoted by a plan. If environmental values are not accounted for, then the basic life support process upon which a community depends cannot be sustained. If economic development values are not represented, then the fundamental source of community change and improvement is denied. If social values are not reflected in a plan, then places will be created that do not meet
  • 4. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES 82 www.erpublication.org the life and work needs of local people, and do not fairly serve all interest groups. The integrated development approaches and strategies to integrate the economically productive system of urban areas with the food producing and ecologically viable hinterlands will not only help in resource redistribution and optimal utilization of the resources but also help in maintaining the natural fabric of interdependence of urban and rural systems. Interdependence and sustainability in terms of economy, ecology, social, environmental, infrastructural, institutional and physical subsystems is the need of the hour and our policy planners and development administrators must keep this in mind while thinking about any project and programme of development. This holistic approach of sustainable development and strategies for growth will sustain and perpetuate the system of our survival on the earth. VI. CONCLUSION The right attitude, knowledge, skills, and actions in both roles can assist a community in creating the best solution for its cultural and resource conditions. While architects can design and even construct a particular built environment in a community, they can also be involved in sustainable community processes and creation of consensus decision-making with other community members. Focusing on change to the built environment of communities, the degree of architects and planners‘ participation lies between the opposing poles of expert and user assisted design and decision making (Wulz, 1990). From ‗design for communities‘(i.e., sustainable design and planning) to ‗design with communities‘ (i.e., participatory design and technical assistance) to ‗design by communities‘(i.e., taking part as a community member and working with other community members in sustainable community design), the roles of architects will move from being professionals to acting more as citizens. Besides this change to built environment issues, architects and planners can take part in other community activities or sustainable development programmes. From our study of the literature and observations during working as professionals, it can be summarized in the following key findings. 1) Energy efficient building and designing building to enhance the functionality, image ability and usability. 2) Increasing the accessibility to the basic services and facilities at reasonable distances. 3) Developing healthy social and sustainable neighborhood. 4) To meet the demands of more economically and socially complex societies, national governments have been increasingly decentralizing and delegating authorities to local levels of government and especially towns and cities. 5) Rapid urbanization has resulted in the need for large investments in urban infrastructure including water, sanitation, and urban transport, among others. This places a tremendous burden on municipal governments, especially since an ever growing proportion of the urban population lives in unplanned settlements and slums. 6) Climate change poses serious challenges to many towns and cities, exacerbating the vulnerability of many of the urban poor to disaster and dislocation. Cities will play a major role in climate change adaptation and mitigation, and will provide critical services and infrastructure to support food security. 7) Government agencies and NGOs have a tremendous amount of expertise and relevant training and models to offer in the form of partnerships to address climate and food security related challenges. 8) While urban women often experience greater opportunities for economic and social freedom and education compared to their rural counterparts, poor urban women are frequently subject to economic and social exploitation and hardship. 9) Linkage to initiatives like Feed the Future, Global Health, Climate Change, and other congressional and executive priorities cannot be properly addressed without understanding the demographic realities of an increasingly urbanized world. 10) Community‐based organizations should be trained to connect resilient urban infrastructure development to improved livelihood opportunities; access to credit for sanitation and household connections to city water supply and sanitation systems; improved, energy efficient building design and construction; resilient building technologies; and transparent urban service, project design, management and implementation. 11) Innovative urban services and green building initiatives. Innovative urban development includes green infrastructure approaches and building initiatives to reduce the carbon footprint of urban growth and construction. Areas that could be addressed include energy efficiency, renewable energy options, transport options including bike lanes and mass transit, recycling water and wastewater, renewable energy sources including solar energy, and green building design. 12) Development, maintenance, and analysis of a city information base to understand what needs to be done and to serve as the basis for inclusive urban infrastructure planning, and future rational urban growth. This information base should be used through a geographic information system (GIS) to provide important information on vulnerable populations. 13) The sharing of information and expertise across various departments engaged in development and planning is now more crucial which will pave the way for collaborative planning and management efforts. Therefore, in short we can say that time has come when we must plan and develop our resources at global level but manage them at local level to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the development measures. The co-ordinated and consolidated efforts of all the developing and developed nations are solicited. The developing nations are using mostly conventional sources of energy while the developed nations are turning towards the renewable energy. Germany promises to replace all its nuclear power plants with solar and other renewable energy resources. In this context, there is need of free and barrier free technology transfer throughout the world is a necessity of time. We must learn to shift out attention from resource development to resource management for the wellbeing of the human race along with the environment, which has no significance place in our policy prioritization.
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Being brought up in rural area, got educated in sub-urban area and now living in metropolitan city, Delhi, he has been able to gather many experiences on diverse fields especially on political, cultural, socio-economic and environmental issues. His graduation in physical planning from School of Planning and Architecture (SPA, Delhi) added new dimensions to his thinking and writing. He is currently pursuing post-graduation from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee. For reading more of his poems or articles on current affairs, you can visit wwww.sureshotpost.com