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Environmentally Sustainable City Awards. An introduction By Dr. Harjit S Anand Co-president, The EuroIndia Centre. ESCA. Environmentally Sustainable City Awards Instituted by The EuroIndia Centre in 2010 Supported by CII. Homage at the altar of Knowledge.
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Environmentally Sustainable City Awards An introduction By Dr.Harjit S Anand Co-president, The EuroIndia Centre
ESCA Environmentally Sustainable City Awards • Instituted by The EuroIndia Centre in 2010 • Supported by CII
Homage at the altar of Knowledge “Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainity.” Jacob Bronowski
Basis of the ESCA Five Elements • Water • Air • Sky or ether • Fire or energy • Earth Depicted in the form of action variables
Focus of ESCA • Habitat: Consisting of City with its rural hinterland • The Regional Planning Approach
Indian Cities Participation in the Environmentally Sustainable City Awards (ESCA) 2011 Jalandhar Ludhiana Bikaner Jaipur Ajmer Kanpur Kota Jodhpur Udaipur Raipur INDIA Visakhapatnam Gulbarga Vijaywada Belgaum Bellary Winners Hubli Davanagere Bengaluru Commendation recipients Mysore Mangalore Vellore Participants Erode Salem Tiruppur Tiruchirapalli Coimbatore Madurai Thoothukudi Tirunelveli
“Vasudhaya Kutumbakam” - Bhagwad Gita One World, One Family In A Green Habitat