Price of urban sprawl

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

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 …

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 -- …

Trapped in a quagmire

Pollution, disorderly urban growth and inadequate basic services are plaguing the Kathmandu valley and adversely affecting tourism, the valley's …

Fishers at bay

When it was introduced in 1991, Coastal Regulation Zone was a blanket notification to protect India's coast and fisherfolk. In 17 years, it was …

Embodied energy demystified

Building materials are much more energy-intensive than perceived. India lags in taking steps to reduce their use

Small towns Big mess

India's urban environment is a ghastly cocktail of prosperity, poverty and pollution. A study of eight towns moving towards the precipice of disaster

Keep it flowing

Tour of a house that thrives on air circulation, saves energy cost

Too cool for comfort

How rising incomes are lowering room temperatures at the cost of energy, health and comfort

Building dreams for homeless

Government promises land to the homeless in its draft Homestead Bill, but where’s the land?

A window to well-being

Natural ventilation is a good way to perk up life

Private project in public park

Residents of Vadodara protest construction of a multimedia laser fountain in a heritage park

Lighting up hearts

A hospital for cardiac patients in Ahmedabad is sunlit to cheer up patients. It saves energy, too

Playing with sea

Flouting laws, over 90 hotels have mushroomed on what once was a pristine beach in West Bengal

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 …

A thin green coating

No check on performance of green-rated buildings; developers pocket government incentives

Rooted to earth

Greenest of all

Model building design that helps save energy and money by exploiting the sun’s movement

Meltdown

Till a couple of decades ago Bangalore was a sleepy city -- running to the rhythm of old trading networks and retired people taking their evening …

Green home

The great wetland grab

Guwahati allows construction on wetlands, but will not spare poor settlers on hills. A photo narrative by Sayantan Bera

Public spaces make cities

Street activities work as ‘eyes on the street’, that keeps cities safe, and Jane Jacobs said create neighbourly environment. Public …

Who messed it up?

Guwahati indicts poor settlers for flash floods, ignores damage on wetlands by construction work

Eyeing the coastlines

Further dilution of the rules safeguarding the Indian coastal ecosystem has just been proposed. Under the guise of providing land to poor …