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India @ 75: Driving Socio-economic Transformation through an Urban Renaissance Hardeep S. Puri
India’s urban areas are of great significance to the growth of the country, as has been highlighted by the threats presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. The country has launched a comprehensive programme for planned urbanisation with the intent to mainstream climate change, gender equity, resilient infrastructure and heritage conservation into Indian urban development. For, ultimately, humanity’s fight against social and environmental ills will be won or lost in our cities.
