Ashok Kumar is Professor of Physical Planning, and Dean (Academic) at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India. He teaches city and regional planning.D.S. Meshram is President of the Institute of Town Planners, India. He is a trained architect and practitioner as a spatial planner.

• 1. Introduction: Sustainable Development Goals, New Urban Agenda, and Climate Change PART I: Sustainable Development, Climate Risk and Resilience 2. Climate Risk and Resilience of Indian Cities 3. Indian Cities on the Ladder of Sustainable Development: What Can Make it a Success Story? PART II: Rights, Diversity, Inclusivity, and Quality 4. What is Right for the City or Right to the City: Criticality of Citizenship and Governance 5. Cities and the Dilemmas of Diversity 6. New Empirically Driven Approaches to Inclusive Human Development in Cities 7. Judging the Quality of Urbanisation in Cities and Towns of India PART III: Housing and Shelter 8. Incongruence between Housing Policy Intentions and Housing Needs 9. Universal Access to Shelter in Indian Cities PART IV: Carers of Indian Cities 10. Mapping India’s Urban Planners PART V: Interconnections and Interdependencies 11. Epilogue: Our Interconnected and Interdependent Future in the World of Pandemics

Ashok Kumar is Professor of Physical Planning, and Dean (Academic) at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India. He teaches city and regional planning.D.S. Meshram is President of the Institute of Town Planners, India. He is a trained architect and practitioner as a spatial planner.

• 1. Introduction: Sustainable Development Goals, New Urban Agenda, and Climate Change PART I: Sustainable Development, Climate Risk and Resilience 2. Climate Risk and Resilience of Indian Cities 3. Indian Cities on the Ladder of Sustainable Development: What Can Make it a Success Story? PART II: Rights, Diversity, Inclusivity, and Quality 4. What is Right for the City or Right to the City: Criticality of Citizenship and Governance 5. Cities and the Dilemmas of Diversity 6. New Empirically Driven Approaches to Inclusive Human Development in Cities 7. Judging the Quality of Urbanisation in Cities and Towns of India PART III: Housing and Shelter 8. Incongruence between Housing Policy Intentions and Housing Needs 9. Universal Access to Shelter in Indian Cities PART IV: Carers of Indian Cities 10. Mapping India’s Urban Planners PART V: Interconnections and Interdependencies 11. Epilogue: Our Interconnected and Interdependent Future in the World of Pandemics

Ashok Kumar is Professor of Physical Planning, and Dean (Academic) at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India. He teaches city and regional planning.D.S. Meshram is President of the Institute of Town Planners, India. He is a trained architect and practitioner as a spatial planner.

• 1. Introduction: Sustainable Development Goals, New Urban Agenda, and Climate Change PART I: Sustainable Development, Climate Risk and Resilience 2. Climate Risk and Resilience of Indian Cities 3. Indian Cities on the Ladder of Sustainable Development: What Can Make it a Success Story? PART II: Rights, Diversity, Inclusivity, and Quality 4. What is Right for the City or Right to the City: Criticality of Citizenship and Governance 5. Cities and the Dilemmas of Diversity 6. New Empirically Driven Approaches to Inclusive Human Development in Cities 7. Judging the Quality of Urbanisation in Cities and Towns of India PART III: Housing and Shelter 8. Incongruence between Housing Policy Intentions and Housing Needs 9. Universal Access to Shelter in Indian Cities PART IV: Carers of Indian Cities 10. Mapping India’s Urban Planners PART V: Interconnections and Interdependencies 11. Epilogue: Our Interconnected and Interdependent Future in the World of Pandemics