Nurturing Environment Conscious Architects: TSAP

  Blue and Green Infrastructure: A Sustainable Approach of Urban Planning The Environment and Economy are really both two sides of the same coin. If we can not sustain the environment, we cannot sustain ourself. Wangari Maathai Blue and Green Infrastructure (BGI) Ensures Livability and Sustainability. Livability in Urban Areas is the foremost concern of stakeholders of the city. The livability mainly deals with public health, safety and wellbeing and can be achieved by economic potential, social integrity, environmental quality. To make the city livable and sustainable these three parameters need to be fulfilled on participatory approach of all the stake holders. Blue and Green Infrastructure is one of the components of Urban Planning which ensures livability and leads to sustainability of the city.         Introduction of Blue and Green Infrastructure (BGI) The color Blue depicts water and the Green depicts vegetation . Blue and Green Inf...

“Cities are the engines of economic growth” . Cities or towns are larger agglomerations of communities. These cities are formed due to their employment potential. People migrate from villages to cities because of employment opportunities in diverse economic activities which results in the growth of cities. This is called Urbanization . The rate of Urbanization is fast all over the world especially in developing countries and hence Urban Planning is one of the essential sectors in the governance at all levels such as local, regional, state and central.    Urban planning is one of the challenging fields which encompasses various aspects such as Housing, Transportation, Infrastructure, Economy, Sociology, Environment, socio-economics etc. Every aspect has its own prominence and significance which reflects in the overall development and management of the city. The city functions well if all these aspects are integrated and organized. Graduation i...