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State of Uttarakhand in India have gone through transitional change in the last decade. Urban population share has increased from ten percent to near about thirty percent of the total population. Due to this rapid urbanization of the state of Uttarakhand, the state is finding difficulty in attaining sustainable development. Through this study, the researchers tried to identify the major challenges and issues which are blocking the urban areas of Uttarakhand from attaining sustainable development through a systematic review framework given by Arksey and O’Malley. The framework is a six-stage methodological framework for conducting scoping studies with the sixth stage being optional. The article attempts to highlight the issues and challenges which can be evaluated by researchers, academicians and policy makers in India and the world to study, evaluate and analyze the sustainable urban development of Uttarakhand. The methodology can also be used by researchers, academicians and policy makers to identify the challenges of sustainable urban development for any hill or mountain side terrain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]