CONTENTS: Foreword, Acknowledgement, Preface, 1. Indian Urban Challenges and Sustainable Cities Endeavour-Dr Ashwani Luthra, 2. Urban Planning Responses to Flood Risk Management in Indian Cities-Dr Saswat Bandyopadhyay, 3. From Gray to Green: Transforming Cities Through Green Urbanism Strategies-Pearl D Desai, Manisha and Dr Krupesh A Chauhan, 4. Financing the Urbanisation Growth: Equitable Approaches in Developing Countries Context-Harpreet Singh Arora, 5. Motortecture: DNA to Modernism: The City Planning of the 21st Century and the Car-Satyam Shukla and Sakshi Sharma, 6. From Rural to Urban: Exploring Peri-Urban Development in Delhi NCR-Misbahus Zehra Jaffri and Dr Ravi Inder Singh, 7. Understanding Planning for a Global City: A Theoretical Framework-Pragyan Galhotra and Sakshi Sahni, 8. Role of Artificial Intelligene (Al) in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: A New Frontier in Environment Sustainability-Sandeep, Kritika and Dr Ritu Raj Kaur, 9. From Commuters to Communities: TOD Policy's Role in Urban Revitalization-Vinod Patill and Dr Kuldip Singh, 10. Polynucleated Nodal Development as Strategy for Balanced Development on Periphery of Gwalior City-Jaspreet Walia, 11. Kanjli Wetland Pollution: Causes, Effects and Sustainable Solutions-Manpreet Singh, Akashdeep Singh and Dr Ritu Raj Kaur, 12. Hazardous Waste in India: An Overview of Generation and Management Strategies-Ruchi Kohli, Anu Mittal, Ramanpreet Kaur Aulakh and Amit Mittal, 13. Evolution of Character and Typology of Public Spaces: A Theoretical Overview-Mridula Sharma and Dr Ravi Inder Singh, 14. Transit-Driven Gentrification: A Case Study of Delhi Metro's Impact on Real Estate-Resha Patil and Dr Kuldip Singh, 15. Mapping the 'Taals' of History: Understanding Gwalior's Water Heritage and its Socio-Cultural Impact-Richa Mishra and Dr Sanjay Singh Jadon, 16. Beyond Tangible: Integrating the Living Dimension of Heritage for Sustainable Urban Development in Gwalior-Pranshi Jain and Dr S S Jadon, 17. Temple Evolution and its Influence on Relic Urban Landscapes: A Case Study of Gopakshetra (10th-12th Century AD)-Versha Sinha and Dr Ajay Khare, 18. Gateways to the Citadel: Reimagining the Historic Gates to Gwalior Fortress-Harshita Mishra, Richa Mishra, Dipasha Khare and Akash Meena, 19. Examining Methods of Producing Frameworks of Urban Conservation-Sakshi Sharma and Satyam Shukla, 20. Social Resilience and Inclusion of Nomads-Harneet Kaur and Dr Ila Gupta, 21. Introduction to Crash Investigation for Better Road Safety Practices in Uttar Pradesh-Arbab Ahmad, Anukriti Trivedi and Sonam Gupta, List of Contributors.