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 -- …
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 …
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 …
Helping children find work at home
Gramashrama, a children-based organisation in Karnataka, is trying to understand the causes of migration and prevent the exodus of youngsters …
Homing in
After 20 years of non-performance, heads of states will finally sit down to decide where, when and how they will provide people with roofs over …
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
Waking up to the horrors of child labour
Several groups are working among child workers in India, seeking to improve their working and living conditions
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
A social force called water
The state is struggling to meet the rising water demand. It is time to learn from the days when people arranged their own water. In cities and in …
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