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Creating an Urban Movementfor Sustainable LivingBy Shobhakar Dhakal
The breakneck pace of urbanization in Asia isputting increasing strains onavailable resources, pushingsustainability to the top of the list of priorities for citygovernments. Environmentalexpert Shobhakar Dhakaldetails the challenges of creating sustainable cities, aprocess he says will requiredetermined policymakers.
 asia’s heaDLOng DRiVe owrd urbzo uprdd d  ruld   roo lo l o  world’ urb popu-lo —  ur   r xorbly dow o  o low. t  k ll o r ubl a  o prou por.Uoruly, urb row  oupor o r ubl urb p.trdol r l  lo  ppl o lur o  y, rurl ploy opporu- r rk d wd o-pbw rurl d urb r orbu o  vrully uorolld row o   rly vry a oury.Prp or  or ro, a d o row dr r   p o lr  pl lk c d id, wr lyl  o b  ovr o row. t dzzy roroo rdol ulur o ob w lk o dqu rruur d poor - o blur our dl  o  ubly. ad xpr o  urb row  opporuy or y — w a po — bu  pobly  b -rd w  v d  o popul-o dy bo ubl.i’ o  r   or o lo rop xpr. Y, r  o r ll pol-l wll o pu ro  puru o ooopporuy    w  r ll prrly  o-r powrou.t rul     pro o  r, w lo r polluo, o d row
global asia 
Ce t M U a
 
17global asia v.3, n. 3
ubr o  urb poor, opro y d ury d r y p o u-bl urb l.t db  a ovr w ou ubl y  ully rr plry.Dvlop prool o rvr bk o  ky r o ubl dvlopod   1987 or o  Worldcoo o evro d Dvlop,br kow   Brudld coo. i oo rpor, “Our coo uur,” ol b “dvlop   d o  pr wou opro bly o uur ro o  row d.” i rly,  populr  ubldvlop  bo   lo, olro dply rr o or  ro jro o  op   rl l work o v ubl dvlop.t op o  ubl y drw p-ro ro loy op bu op w rly  or r. t k  o d wyo ur ol quy, rdu vroldrdo d boo oo wll-b — r  pllr o ubl , wquly o l  ul ol. subl - d o odr urr d uur d wl ry o ur   o kby polykr do o opro  lv o or d   o  r.i a ,  rux o  probl  rpdly wd p bw r d poor.t y b or prooud  prwl- lk mub d Jkr, bu  rpdly wor  pl lk ho c mcy, Bj d s. oruly, y d ury  o a   o rd dpr lvl   y L ard ar  bu  dr  r rd u b ddrd.ro  vrol vwpo, r o-o, r polluo lkd o o-durlour, buro old w ll,  rk o urb r pd  r dd or br wr y- r ll ordbl ll. R u-oobl dpdy, rr ry u, durb wr orbu o rld problu  rbo doxd o d  ozo oro  . t ruolvd u v  soul, tokyo d or wll-dvlopd a . i dvlop  u r   pro o po  b u d, wl  dvlopd —    W — y r  rul o ovr-oupo d oo-u rruur.O  lwy ru bou w ouovr-oupo, bu  boo l   w d o do or o prrv  vro- or w rk our vry urvvl. 
 avoiDing ThE wrong PaTh
Jo tr’ l 1990 book,
The Collapseof Complex Societies
, lyz  ubr o - vlzo, y o w wr -lly urb, d xplor  oplx r-o o wr, rour dplo, dr dpoll dro  ld o r ll. tlo r lrd or our odr .horlly,  lrly dpdd o  rurlrld or rour; w  rour-b  dpld, oy   roubl.
The United Nationsestimates thatthe world’s urbanpopulation willfurther increase by3.2 billion people by2050 from now; closeto 60 percent of thisincrease, or 1.9 billionpeople, will be in Asia.
 
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modr  rly o ulpl lyr o rdd ro  k  d -rld l rul  v ubl-y. tody’ v  fu  loblrour-b d r r z  lobl vro  r o d wlr lyl pu ddd dd o wrd ry u, y polluo d dd orou  o. aly ow urb r orbu r-our o lo-bl ry-rld rbo doxd o.Rbr , a’  l  world’ ur-b populo,  ur   xpd o rly   uur. i  lk Bjd s, ry u d pr p rboo v doubld d qudrupld  l wo dd. Wou ord  r-u  a  d o row oo-lly o v  br quly o l, w lo do ou o quly o row o k ur  w do o ollow   p o dvlop durlzd our ollowd d  o lor b ud by  pl.tr
are
opporu. c  a r ll  rly  o dvlop; r pylrruur  o opzd  r o -ry d rl u. i  r o r olpr, r r l v or rw-bl ry. a w row w d o r -rd urb y  rdu lol vro-l drdo d lobl vrolburd. t  b do, bu  w do o   rlvly rly  o dvlop, o o oy wll oly r   uur.t Ud no    world’urb populo wll urr r by 3.2 bl-lo popl by 2050 ro ow; lo o 60 pr- o  r, or 1.9 bllo popl, wll b a. Wl o obrvr y ïvly poo  orl voluo o oldr   ur-rly durlzd our  ollowd p o “dvlop r d l up lr,” prd y o b pplbl o  od-r r. ev   p,  “dvlop r”odl vbly pod ur o rlrro. i ody’ rpdly dvlop a, w r   ulud o problulouly — ro o ro opopulo prur o polluo —  y ur   dvlopd our orod  ovr y dd or v ur. 
govErnanCE anD PoliTiCal will
Our qu or ubl dvlop  add  poly pror b :
• Economies have to grow but quality of life
u ov owrd r ;
• Social harmony must be preserved;• Over-consumption has to be avoided;• Integrated urban systems must be developed
 w l dpd o  uoobl,or ry orvo d lowr ry u d rbo o.t r orou ll or ovr-  r dd by oplx wb o -uo, w pyl rruur  o  rl r bd  pd o popul-o d oo row. a  rul, our pl- d poly rpo o buro urbprobl v b lrly rv ul ow.i rly, a  v rd  lrd  urb pl. t   lur o ov-r   oly b rdrd by rk wy urb pl  b pprod.cr  ubl y  o  d or our-yr yorl r. i   pro d o  rqur ll koldr ou wr, kowld, vo d ldr-p o  w wy o orul poly do. tr  o  bl  oowrd ubl dvlop rqur rl rour. t  oly prlly ru; r dl  b vd w ld r-our  lo  r   r oo ood .
sTrEaMlining DECisions
Poll d drv drlzo lp o r ubl  bulol probl  b or ly udroodd olvd by lol popl rr   dd oplx burur . i rdd, a    r rd owrdpowr lol bod, prly 
global asia 
Ce t M U a
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