Sustainable Development of Yamuna Floodplain, Delhi

ISBN-13: 9783659697395 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 84 str.

Zafar Sadiq

Opis

This book aims to understand the floodplain characteristics and features of river Yamuna, significant at the city level and analyses the development and threats happening to the river, focusing on the changing features of the floodplain, its impact, and consequences. The book gives an overview of the development pattern along the floodplain and its exploitation from time to time. It reviews proposals for development of Yamuna floodplain by the Delhi Development Authority and finally, comes out with proposals and interventions for improvement of the floodplain on a road to sustainable development.

O autorze

Sadiq Zafar is an urban planner and an architect, based in Delhi. He did his Bachelors in Architecture from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi and Master of Planning with specialization in Urban Planning from the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Delhi. He has also worked as an Assistant Professor in Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.