DEFORESTATION

China bans bicycles, while USA goes back to mud houses

CONTROVERSIAL CONSTRUCTION

Owning up

The MP government makes amends for the Dewas killing

100 per cent FDI in housing

Will Maharashtra boom or boomerang?

Maharashtra draft urban housing policy not enough

Home sweet yuck

Apartments mushroom on contaminated industrial sites

Ten dead, six injured in Mumbai building collapse

Yet another building collapses amid allegations of illegal modifications; number still trapped unknown

UK government comes up with a Code for Sustainable Homes

Structural collapse

The rot has set in the construction sector. A dysfunctional clearance system has led to a series of building collapses in the recent past. …

Road to disaster

Fertile land is up for grabs in western Uttar Pradesh. Private developers are acquiring it to build apartments, industries, IT institutes, and …

COVID-19 lockdown shows why India needs social rental housing

Poor, low-income population needs rents below market rates

How can Delhi provide affordable housing near transit to its poor

India’s capital and other metros have performed woefully in this regard, even as their global counterparts have progressed 

How to design, build an eco-friendly and low-cost urban mud house

Veena Lal, who runs a charitable society for destitute children by the name of Karm Marg, has made it possible

Sinking cities: Two ways to fight land subsidence

Artificial recharge and deep soil mixing are two techniques showing promise in rescuing sinking cities