This book provides a vital framework for integrating Indigenous knowledge systems and decolonized perspectives into urban management and planning. It examines how bridging the historical gap between Indigenous worldviews and conventional urban development can propose a radical reorientation toward more just and sustainable cities. By bringing together perspectives from Indigenous studies, urban planning, environmental science, and public policy, the book offers a multifaceted exploration of how to address pressing challenges such as climate change, social inequality, and housing crises.

Vikas Chand Sharma is an Associate Professor and Head of Department in the School of Architecture and Planning at Chandigarh University, Uttar Pradesh, and a researcher at Guru Nanak Dev University, India. His interdisciplinary scholarship examines the evolving relationship between urban design, sacred landscapes, and emerging technologies. He serves on scientific and editorial boards and reviews for leading journals across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

Dr. Guido Cimadomo is an associate professor in the Department of Art and Architecture at the Universidad de Malaga in Spain. He obtained his Ph.D. (Int. Hons.) from the Universidad de Sevilla in Spain. His research interests deal with urban transformations (world events, community participation, and industrial heritage), heritage documentation and cataloging, and the dissemination of architecture and its historiography in the digital era.

Dr. Carolina Monteiro de Carvalho is a Visiting Researcher, Postdoctoral Fellow, and Temporary Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria (UVic), Canada, and a Collaborating Researcher at the Institute of Energy and Environment, University of São Paulo (USP). Sheholds a PhD in Environmental Planning from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, with a research fellowship at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden. Her academic and professional work spans urban sustainability, climate change, environmental governance, participatory mapping, and resilience planning.