Uday Chatterjee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Bhatter College, Dantan, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India.Avishek Bhunia is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, K.D. College of Commerce & General Studies, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India.Jyothi Gupta is an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture, CHRIST (Deemed to be) University, Bengaluru., Karnataka, India.Krishnendu Gupta is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, Vidya Bhavana (Institute of Humanities & Social Sciences), Visva-Bharati, West Bengal, India.

• List of Figures. List of Tables. Preface. Acknowledgements. Part I- Introduction 1. Urbanisation and Quality of Life: A Comparative Assessment between Developed and Developing Countries 2. Decoding Quality of Life in Urban Spaces: A Case Study of Nagpur City, India Part II– Infrastructure and Quality of Life 3. Existing state of Group Housing shortages and Household Quality of Life in India 4. Significance of Placemaking in Urban Quality of Life: Case Study of Nagpur 5. Changing Housing Preferences in Terms of Life Quality in Kayseri Resulting from the COVID-19 Pandemic 6. Displacement and Urban Growth in Asian Cities 7. Urban Sprawl's Multifaceted Impact on Rurban Areas: Insights from Indian Cities 8. Planning for Improvement of Basic Infrastructure of Slums within Patna Municipal Corporation, Bihar, India: A Comparative Case Study Part III – Assets and Quality of Life 9. Sustainable Urban Transportation: A standardized solution or mixed model system? 10. The meaning of public transport infrastructure spatial pattern analysis in sustainable mobility management through using remote sensing-GIS-based geostatistical and machine learning techniques 11. Investigating Quality of Life and Resilience: A Case Study on Tourism Service Providers in Meghalaya 12. Marginalisation and Vulnerabilities Faced by Sanitation Workers in India: A Case Study of Delhi 13. Identification of Factors Affecting Urban Quality of Life in Historic City Centres -The case of Dighalipukhuri, Guwahati, India 14. Living and health conditions, challenges, concerns and the way forward in European cities Part IV – Issues, Challenges and sustainable solutions of Smart Urbanism and Quality of Life 15. A Review of Geospatial Urban Growth Modelling with Applications 16. Urban Built-up Growth analysis using GIS techniques in class l city in India: A case study of Surat 17. An Assessment of Urban Density Pattern Evolution in Smaller Urban Agglomerations, using GIS Modelling: A Case Study of Ambikapur City 18. The nexus between the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdowns and air quality in the megacity of Mumbai, India 19. Urban heat island effects on thermo-ecological environment: A case from Asian mega-city Dhaka, Bangladesh 20. A Systematic Analysis of The Impact of Urban Heat Islands: On Human Health and Lifestyle 21. Smart Cities with smart tourism projects: Four case studies of entrepreneurship in Portugal 22. The relationship between Quality of Life and vegetation Distribution in Tandil, Argentina: A Spatial Analysis. Index