Price of urban sprawl

Urban sprawl has caused conditions of insecurity in the peri-urban areas.

Africa’s poster city

Board Game>> Urbanisation • Nigeria

Shoes for tea

Cafe>> Heritage • Argentina

Urban voice

Face it

A green facade

Plea from rooftops

Photographs>> Obama • Cambodia

Welcome to Monrovia

Map>> Civil War • Liberia

A town under the hammer

Auction>> Town • The US

Google’s oversight

Maps>> Shantytowns • Brazil

Not so safe cities – role of urban planning

This blog highlights that besides other factors that contribute to lack of safety in Indian Cities, a particular approach to urban planning and …

Oasis of quiet

FESTIVAL>>NOISE • Australia

From the blurbs

Night under a winter sky

As night falls in Delhi and mercury dips, Meeta Ahlawat ventures out with her camera to make a warm conversation with the homeless in the city. …

India's urban renewal plan goes wrong

The Centre's ambitious urban renewal plan has one basic flaw: in the name of public-private participation it tries to give greater agency to …

Slum voices

BOOK>> TRICKSTER CITY, WRITINGS FROM THE UNDERBELLY OF A METROPOLIS • translated by Shveta Sarda • Penguin • Rs 499

In a swelter over shelter

Besides highlighting some of the enduring concerns faced by today's urban planners, what else has the Istanbul 'city summit' -- Habitat II -- …

To pull down or not

Radio Tower>> Architecture • Russia

From the blurbs

5,000 families protest slum razing

One died during forced eviction  

High on skyscrapers

Book>> Triumph of the city: How our greatest invention makes us richer, smarter, greener, healthier, and happier • by Edward Glaeser &…

Recreating Denmark

Computer Game>> Real Estate • Denmark

Cool cover

New panel can make buildings reflect heat, cut cooling cost

Counting them in

A concrete facelift