Sixteenth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability

Abstract

Sustainable development has been an important factor in the current development scenario and in various planned processes of urban intervention across the world. While economic and ecological concerns were discussed in most writings on alternative sustainable structures, the social sustainability component remained generally neglected. In recent times, the Punjab government has taken urban development initiative very seriously to increase state revenue. One of the most recent ventures toward this initiative is Aero-City Expansion which is being developed in the vicinity of S.A.S. Nagar by GMADA, S.A.S. Nagar, Punjab. The present study is based upon qualitative approach in which an in-depth interview of 40 respondents was conducted from two village Patton and Kurari villages where 1300 acres of land had been proposed for Aero-City Expansion. The prime objective of this paper is to ascertain the local people’s perception regarding this development project. This caveat becomes important because it emerged as one of the most serious concerns in field narratives recorded for the present research paper. It became the major cause of rising social tensions between people and the state and also created unforeseen ruptures in social relations.