City scan

Will the future city, marked by responsible governance and a concerned citizenry, be able to address the problems dogging the world's urban centres?

Class is out, smart is in

For a city like Delhi to become truly smart, there must be focus on essential systems like transport, power, water procurement, distribution and …

Transition to pedal

The world is discussing going back to cycling-to-work days. How can we contribute to better environment in 100 km cities?

Death is in the air

Air quality in Indian cities has never been worse. More and more people are dying in urban India due to high levels of pollutants in the air. The …

Loneliness in the glitzy capital

Delhi’s city plan has dehumanised public spaces, inviting violence like the recent gangrape of a 23-year-old girl

Dilli's world class pretensions exposed

At the outset, I wish to express my profound sense of shock and sadness at Sunita Narain’s unfortunate accident. I continue to pray and …

Lessons from London

How cities can improve mobility

Hell in our cities

Now it is floods

One more goes down

Pune: a contradictory picture

Bhopal: towards disaster zone

Delhi: the capital punishment

The new wave

INDIAN MEGACITY AND ECONOMIC REFORMS A K Jain . Management Publishing House . 1996 . Price Rs 600

UNITED NATIONS

IN FOCUS

Global Fund withdrawal

THE PHILIPPINES

Me and my city

Bangkok

Memories of a city

Book>> Ahmedabad, Shock city of Twentieth Century India, by Howard Spodek, Orient Blackswan, Rs 795

Cleaning up the air

Joint-efforts improve air quality of 10 cities in the US

Tale of many cities

Interrogating the city

Documentary>> Urbanized directed by Gary Hustwitt, 82 minutes