Signal, interrupted

By allowing high-rises around an advanced weather radar in Mumbai, IMD sets a bad example for the rest of the country

Green buildings: it’s common sense

Frenzied growth in real estate and changing lifestyle in Indian cities are inciting resource guzzling. Architects have innovative ideas to build …

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 …

Simply Put: Giraffes may go extinct

Kenya’s huge railway project is causing environmental damage. Here’s how

The project increased soil erosion, land degradation, flooding and habitat destruction.

What’s the progress of Smart Cities Mission?

So far, 20 cities have identified 642 projects amounting to Rs 25,935.02 crore

Neck deep in trouble

The Rothschild giraffe is vanishing from the Kenyan landscape due to loss of habitat

From the blurbs

All the weight of the world

STATE OF THE WORLD 1994 Publisher: Worldwatch Institute Price: $11.95

Pot-bellies weigh heavy upon Indian hearts

Paunches are common among Indians and this makes them especially prone to heart disease

Lichens are reliable monitors of air pollution

Indian scientists have classified levels of atmospheric pollution using lichens.

Overcoming the gender barrier

Several voluntary agencies are working to provide greater control over natural resource use.

Running away

BRAZIL

OUR POINT OF VIEW

ZIMBABWE

Me and my city

Fodder for victory

Politicians feel good governance does not win elections. Digvijay Singh proved them wrong

PERU

THAILAND

ECUADOR

Cities in a Globalizing World: Global report on Human Settlement 2001

Towards better cities

Finally a plan to reform the concrete jungles

Simply Put: Safe place to migrate

How Chhattisgarh’s Baiga tribe secured habitat ownership in the face of eviction threats

State initially tried to ward off petition to grant habitat rights to community by saying there is no ministry-prescribed format