Affiliation:
1. Lovely Professional University, India
Abstract
In this book chapter, the concept of built environment along with sustainable planning and development were briefly explained. The book chapter highlighted the way the Indian built environment is being planned and developed in the recent years, and the past problems as well as the current problems of built environment, which were faced especially in India. Some major initiatives and projects were mentioned as well as briefly discussed in this chapter. A number of scientific and research papers related to the topic which were published in recent years will be considered to find out the gaps in the research. Further, the author collected data from various sources in order to perform graphical analysis to further support the study in the book chapter. On the basis of the graphical analysis, some major advantages and challenges of the sustainable built environment were discussed in this chapter.