Planning and Sustainability: Exploring the Relationship
Planning and sustainability are extremely challenging concepts in the current scenario. This paper argues that besides being challenging, they are also closely related in a complementary fashion. To achieve holistic sustainability, efficient planning is inevitable. With this understanding, the article attempts to explore ways in which planning and sustainability are intricately linked. The focus is mainly on how planning can enhance the chances of achieving sustainability. Following this, a set of criteria expected to help gauge the efficacy of contemporary plans with regard to achieving sustainability, is suggested. A list of substantive and process criteria is therefore presented which plans must adhere to, if transition to a sustainable pattern of existence is to be made. The emphasis on substance and process contents of plans in this paper is therefore, an attempt to promote a balanced and integrated approach to sustainability planning.
Keywords: Planning,, Sustainability, Evaluative criteria, Substantive, Process-related
Vigya Sharma
Doctoral Candidate, Discipline of Geographical and Environmental Studies |
Ref: S07P0084