Building Better Urban Futures
Building Resilient Citizen-Friendly Cities
India’s cities are growing rapidly, but many are becoming harder to live in. Polluted air, flooding, water stress, traffic congestion, poor walkability, mounting waste, disappearing green spaces and fragmented governance have become everyday realities for millions of urban residents.
The problem is not growth.
The problem is growth without sustainability, accountability and long-term planning.
For decades, cities have expanded faster than the systems needed to support them. Infrastructure has often been built in silos, environmental concerns treated as secondary, and citizens left disconnected from decision-making.
The result is a widening gap between development and liveability.
We cannot continue on this path.
The environmental, social and economic costs are already visible, and future generations will inherit cities that are increasingly difficult and expensive to repair.
Sustainable Cities Mission
The Sustainable Cities Mission is a citizen-led platform working to reverse this trend.
By bringing together citizens, experts, institutions, corporates and governments, we aim to create cities that are not only economically successful, but also healthy, resilient and people-friendly:
Breathable – with clean air, water and healthy ecosystems.
Liveable – with safe streets, strong public services and vibrant communities.
Equitable – where growth improves quality of life for all.
Our Five Priorities
Clean Air • Clean Water • Clean Streets • Clean Energy • Clean Food
Because growth without sustainability fails people.
Objectives
- To promote sustainable practices in Governance of urban Indian cities and inculcate urban planning for sustainable development
- To build climate Resilient cities on the foundation of 5 pillars
- To raise the liveability index of current and new cities to match aspirations of citizens
- To apply learning from global best practices in making circular economy blueprint for Indian cities
- To make new cities future ready with technology, growth and happiness at the core
- To make cities citizen friendly, driven by thought leadership in future urban living
- To build platforms of engagement for urban designers, civil society, private sector, Government, not for profit and step into a Vision based living
- To conduct surveys with measurable indicators on liveability and sustainability for all cities – old and new
- To collaborate and consult in sustainable policies for communities, government and other stakeholders
7 important actions proposed by the platform
- Community engagement and movements in favour of sustainable practices in cities
- Policy advocacy and best practices consultancy
- Surveys and Roundtables for opinion building
- Collaborative networks for implementation of tech – nature – scaleable solutions
- Supporting greenpreneurship and innovation for cities
- Partnering for execution of policy on sustainability on ground
- Collective voice against pollution and unsustainable developments in urbanism
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