Energy Efficient Sustainable Development: A System Dynamics Approach

Urbanization is certainly one of the most prominent features of modern world. Rapid urbanization is one of the most important problems in the developing countries, since it occupies more quantity of urban fringe areas. The features of the cities, economic functions of the cities, availability of infrastructure facilities in the cities and even physical terrain of the cities, which are responsible for economic growth and differ from one to another. The cities, which are more conducive for economic growth with required infrastructure facilities are really the engines of economic growth, otherwise, instead of functioning as a catalyst for the development, it aggravates the existing problems, in a multitude manner.As a consequence, energy consumption is increasing in more dynamic functional cities on one hand, and these particular cities release more quantity of carbon (CO2) emission, which is highly responsible for Green House Gases (GHGs) in the system, on the other. An Integrated Model for Energy Efficient Sustainable Development was developed to look at dynamic functions. Author aims to evolve a set of policy planning guidelines for energy efficient sustainable Development.