Concrete loss

Protecting hill stations

Payback

Illegal construction around the Ranthambore National Park ought to go

Baker honoured

RESTORE GREEN COVER

Land use can be changed

Polluted groundwater cannot

DEFORESTATION

China bans bicycles, while USA goes back to mud houses

CONTROVERSIAL CONSTRUCTION

Owning up

The MP government makes amends for the Dewas killing

A house for the islander

Illogical plans for post-tsunami housing on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands omen trouble

100 per cent FDI in housing

Will Maharashtra boom or boomerang?

Maharashtra draft urban housing policy not enough

North-East

Assam-type solution

Home sweet yuck

Apartments mushroom on contaminated industrial sites

Sewage stink

Many townships in Greater Noida are not connected to the sewage system

UTTARKASHI

Houses that hold on

COVID-19 lockdown shows why India needs social rental housing

Poor, low-income population needs rents below market rates

One more goes down

UK government comes up with a Code for Sustainable Homes

Sound planning in the Himalayas

Aspects to consider while determining carrying capacity, development of Himalayan towns

Homing in on tradition

Traditional models of architecture, especially for mass housing purposes, may yet be resurrected

Tile tales

An innovative tile that could go a long way in reducing the cost of housing construction has been developed in the African country of Cote d'Ivoire

Doing away with wood

In Niger and Mali, where timber is scarce and expensive, mud building is making a headway, thanks to the efforts of a French organisation called …

Eco-friendly building

BUILD YOUR HOUSE TO THE RHYTHM OF LIFE Vinoo Kaley Bliarat Jan Gyan Vigyan Jatha National Organising Council