• Rohini Iyengar
• Kavita Revankar

Currently, over half of the world’s population resides in cities. This urbanization trend is expected to continue and more than 80% of humanity is expected to live in cities by 2050.To secure the ongoing prosperity and wellbeing of our communities; we must ensure that our cities meet the needs of current and future generations. We must aim for economic growth to sustain and increase without compromising the natural environment or our quality of life. This is the basis of a sustainable future. Choices made today on building design, waste management, urban ecosystem management, transportation, water, energy and food systems – and how well these choices integrate across sectors – will have critical implications for the future of cities across the world. Think globally, act locally this slogan stands for a new comprehensive and integrative approach which is the essence of sustainable & resource efficient development. Using flow analysis to validate and quantify the spatial impact of measurements for circularity and sustainability and using urban design to see how these measurements can be integrated in the context of the city. The paper focuses on the spatial impact of urban metabolism.

Sustainable, resource efficient, urban environment, urbanization, urban metabolism, design solutions

"HOW CAN WE MAKE OUR CITIES MORE LIVABLE & SUSTAINABLE?", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.17-22, May 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCU06004.pdf

"HOW CAN WE MAKE OUR CITIES MORE LIVABLE & SUSTAINABLE?", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp17-22, May 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCU06004.pdf