Slums as self-confrontation

The attempt to free cities of slums will only make them invisible  

Bird species in northeastern India shifting to higher elevations, face threat of extinction

Researchers say certain bird species shifting to degraded forest systems for climate change adaptation may go extinct  

How smart is a smart city?

The myth of green building

Stress in the city

How brain behaves when stress builds up

Agartala's highrises get notice

A recipe sans ingredients

Pumas adapt behaviour to save energy for mountain survival: Study

Finding important as many top predators are being forced to move into areas where they have to expend more energy to travel

City scan

How happy are people living in cities?

Realty bill ignores reality

Real estate regulations silent on housing for low income group

Slumdog sleuths unearth scam

Housing authority was rehabilitating them in illegally built multi-storeys

Give landscape its due

Ravindra Bhan is one of the country’s pioneer landscape architects. From establishing a programme in landscape architecture at the School …

Hope in jaywalkers

The dominant urban vision is deeply exclusionary

Let’s play with mud

Using earth to develop modern, sustainable buildings

A window to well-being

Natural ventilation is a good way to perk up life

Home truths

Buildings in India rarely follow quake codes

Is it a matter of governance?

Changing colours of business

Skyscrapers rise on lakebed

Developers want to build further  

Mayors of the world unite

Want to lead failing climate talks  

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?

Private project in public park

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

Hurricanes, wildfires further endanger these threatened species in US, Caribbean

With extreme climate events showing no signs of ebbing, preservation of species can no longer be left to the whims of nature

Simply Put: The encroachers