The rapid growth and development of cities raise significant sustainability concerns, highlighting the need for strategic urban planning that integrates policies, principles, and stakeholder perspectives. Land, a critical resource, is often misused and underutilized due to unregulated urban expansion, resource abuse, and spatial imbalances. This research paper focuses on the concept of "lost urban spaces," encompassing Planning Lost Spaces and Social Lost Spaces, which lack vitality and human connection. These spaces represent areas abandoned or misused amid changing urban paradigms, revealing a knowledge gap in their identification and utilization within city planning. Using Lucknow's high-potential zones as a case study, this research investigates the evolution of these lost spaces and stakeholder perspectives. Employing qualitative methods such as questionnaires, surveys, and interviews, the study proposes an inclusive planning approach involving stakeholder analysis and periodic evaluation of land use policies. This strategy aims to mitigate land misuse in rapidly urbanizing areas, fostering sustainable development and preservation of urban green spaces.

Keywords: Land Use Policies, Lost Urban Spaces, Stakeholder Perspectives, Strategic Urban Planning, Sustainable Development, Urban Development.

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1. Ashnaiy, T., & Mostafazadeh, M. (2015). The applying of the urban lost spaces in old Yazd by using the concept of leisure time. Journal of Art and Architecture Studies (JAAS), 3(2), 87-94. ISSN 2383 1553.
2. Bansal, K. (2018, July). Challenges of Small Towns in Urban India. Retrieved June 7, 2023, from [URL]
3. Bansal, K., & Bhandari, H. (2020, May). Facets of Urban Public Space: A study of V4 market streets of Chandigarh.
4. Blackmer, E. (2006). Redefining Public Space in Urban Planning: Exploring the Notion of the Commons. Urban Studies Review, 32(4), 521-537.
5. Carmona, M. (2019). Re-Theorizing Sustainable Urbanism: Towards a Better Understanding of the Role of Urban Form in the Sustainability Agenda. Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, 12(3), 239-262. doi: 10.1080/17549175.2019.1652265
6. Hasan, Mohammad & Rahman, Md & Islam, Shahidul & Siddika, Tanjima. (2018). Using the Lost Space-as an Urban Regeneration Strategy: A Case Study of Sylhet, Bangladesh. 10.5281/zenodo.1445294.
7. Kumar, N. (2019). Smart Cities Mission: The Challenge of Urbanization. International Journal of Research in Engineering, IT and Social Sciences, 9(1), 247-253. ISSN 2250-0588.
8. Rvtr, (2020) The City and Complexity – Life, Design and Commerce in the Built Environment
9. Lynch, K. (1960). The Elements of Urban Form. Journal of Urban Planning, 18(3), 215-230.
10. Memarian, A., & Niazkar, N. (2014). The lost space of architecture in the context of urban lost space. International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology (IJEAT), 3(5), 1-6. ISSN 2249-8958.
11. Mitra, P., & Bardhan, S. (2019). A theoretical perspective of designing for safe urban public place: Learnings from the social and urban theorists. International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET), 10(2), 381-388.
12. Mustafa Aziz Amen, & Hourakhsh Ahmad Nia. (2018). The dichotomy of society and urban space configuration in producing the semiotic structure of the modernism urban fabric. 2018(222), 203–223. https://doi.org/10.1515/sem-2016-0141
13. Nia,H.(2021). A Comprehensive Review on the Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Urban Spaces. Architecture and Urban Planning, 17(1), 79-87. https://doi.org/10.2478/aup-2021-0008
14. Porta, S. (2014). Complex adaptive urban systems between emergence and self-organization. In Complexity Theories of Cities Have Come of Age (pp. 37-64). Springer.
15. Roy, D., Lees, M. H., Palavalli, B., Pfeffer, K., & Sloot, M. A. P. (2014). The emergence of slums: A contemporary view on simulation models. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.12.010
16. Trancik, R. (1986). Finding lost space: theories of urban design. John Wiley & Sons.
17. Tsenkova, S., & Chen, V. (2012). Sustainable urban development. In Encyclopedia of sustainability science and technology (pp. 9933-9954). Springer.
18. Wells, K. J. (n.d.). Policy-failing: A repealed right to shelter. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. Routledge. ISSN 0272-3638 (Print) 1938-2847.
19. Revised City Development Plan for Lucknow City, Vol 1, Lucknow Municipal Corporation, Senes Consultants India Pvt Ltd., January 2015
20. CRISIL, "City Development Plan," Lucknow Municipal Corporation, Lucknow, 2015
21. TCPO, "Master Plan 2021," Town and Country Planning Organisation, Lucknow

The rapid growth and development of cities raise significant sustainability concerns, highlighting the need for strategic urban planning that integrates policies, principles, and stakeholder perspectives. Land, a critical resource, is often misused and underutilized due to unregulated urban expansion, resource abuse, and spatial imbalances. This research paper focuses on the concept of "lost urban spaces," encompassing Planning Lost Spaces and Social Lost Spaces, which lack vitality and human connection. These spaces represent areas abandoned or misused amid changing urban paradigms, revealing a knowledge gap in their identification and utilization within city planning. Using Lucknow's high-potential zones as a case study, this research investigates the evolution of these lost spaces and stakeholder perspectives. Employing qualitative methods such as questionnaires, surveys, and interviews, the study proposes an inclusive planning approach involving stakeholder analysis and periodic evaluation of land use policies. This strategy aims to mitigate land misuse in rapidly urbanizing areas, fostering sustainable development and preservation of urban green spaces.

Keywords: Land Use Policies, Lost Urban Spaces, Stakeholder Perspectives, Strategic Urban Planning, Sustainable Development, Urban Development.

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1. Ashnaiy, T., & Mostafazadeh, M. (2015). The applying of the urban lost spaces in old Yazd by using the concept of leisure time. Journal of Art and Architecture Studies (JAAS), 3(2), 87-94. ISSN 2383 1553.
2. Bansal, K. (2018, July). Challenges of Small Towns in Urban India. Retrieved June 7, 2023, from [URL]
3. Bansal, K., & Bhandari, H. (2020, May). Facets of Urban Public Space: A study of V4 market streets of Chandigarh.
4. Blackmer, E. (2006). Redefining Public Space in Urban Planning: Exploring the Notion of the Commons. Urban Studies Review, 32(4), 521-537.
5. Carmona, M. (2019). Re-Theorizing Sustainable Urbanism: Towards a Better Understanding of the Role of Urban Form in the Sustainability Agenda. Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, 12(3), 239-262. doi: 10.1080/17549175.2019.1652265
6. Hasan, Mohammad & Rahman, Md & Islam, Shahidul & Siddika, Tanjima. (2018). Using the Lost Space-as an Urban Regeneration Strategy: A Case Study of Sylhet, Bangladesh. 10.5281/zenodo.1445294.
7. Kumar, N. (2019). Smart Cities Mission: The Challenge of Urbanization. International Journal of Research in Engineering, IT and Social Sciences, 9(1), 247-253. ISSN 2250-0588.
8. Rvtr, (2020) The City and Complexity – Life, Design and Commerce in the Built Environment
9. Lynch, K. (1960). The Elements of Urban Form. Journal of Urban Planning, 18(3), 215-230.
10. Memarian, A., & Niazkar, N. (2014). The lost space of architecture in the context of urban lost space. International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology (IJEAT), 3(5), 1-6. ISSN 2249-8958.
11. Mitra, P., & Bardhan, S. (2019). A theoretical perspective of designing for safe urban public place: Learnings from the social and urban theorists. International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET), 10(2), 381-388.
12. Mustafa Aziz Amen, & Hourakhsh Ahmad Nia. (2018). The dichotomy of society and urban space configuration in producing the semiotic structure of the modernism urban fabric. 2018(222), 203–223. https://doi.org/10.1515/sem-2016-0141
13. Nia,H.(2021). A Comprehensive Review on the Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Urban Spaces. Architecture and Urban Planning, 17(1), 79-87. https://doi.org/10.2478/aup-2021-0008
14. Porta, S. (2014). Complex adaptive urban systems between emergence and self-organization. In Complexity Theories of Cities Have Come of Age (pp. 37-64). Springer.
15. Roy, D., Lees, M. H., Palavalli, B., Pfeffer, K., & Sloot, M. A. P. (2014). The emergence of slums: A contemporary view on simulation models. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.12.010
16. Trancik, R. (1986). Finding lost space: theories of urban design. John Wiley & Sons.
17. Tsenkova, S., & Chen, V. (2012). Sustainable urban development. In Encyclopedia of sustainability science and technology (pp. 9933-9954). Springer.
18. Wells, K. J. (n.d.). Policy-failing: A repealed right to shelter. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. Routledge. ISSN 0272-3638 (Print) 1938-2847.
19. Revised City Development Plan for Lucknow City, Vol 1, Lucknow Municipal Corporation, Senes Consultants India Pvt Ltd., January 2015
20. CRISIL, "City Development Plan," Lucknow Municipal Corporation, Lucknow, 2015
21. TCPO, "Master Plan 2021," Town and Country Planning Organisation, Lucknow