House made of thermocol

Urban poor to get flats in multi-storeys

Leh’s labour lost

Half-built houses, no labourers. Winter threatens to be harsh

Safe as houses

Earthquakes don't kill; badly built houses do. A look into houses in India that have withstood several earthquakes

What Nigerian cities can learn from the rest of the world

The rapid rate of urban population growth, fuelled by massive rural to urban migration, has overwhelmed public sector resources in the country

The more Asians migrate to cities, the more it will help tigers, says study

Researchers from a prominent non-profit feel that Asia's increasing urbanisation and rapid demographic transition could mean that tiger range …

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

Make more room

Unfriendly neighbourhoods

In their rush to meet the housing requirements of cities, planners are turning a blind eye to the quality of the built environment

Home sweet yuck

Apartments mushroom on contaminated industrial sites

North-East

Assam-type solution

Kangra safe corners

The Himalaya is the youngest range of mountains in the world are immensely prone to earthquakes. The entire range falls in seismic zone 5 and 4 - …

जग बीती: गांव जाएं या शहर

Where will these railway track dwellers of Delhi live after eviction

Already living in filth, misery, disease and hunger, will they now be deprived of the only places they call home?

Zurich is world’s most sustainable city, according to a new index

100 global cities were ranked according to their performance on three parameters—people, planet and profit

Earthquakes don't kill, our collapsing structures do

The evidence from Italy and other earthquakes is damning: structures are not generally earthquake-proof

Building to resist quakes

Out in the cold

It is possible to design buildings that stay cool in summer and warm in winter and save energy. But interest in solar passive architecture …

Living problems

HOUSING THE URBAN POOR POLICY AND PRACTICE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Edited by Brian C Aldrich& Ravinder S Sandhu-Vistaar Vistaar Publications …

Sun city

Architectural features that eliminate artificial heating or cooling of a building are becoming de rigeur

Saving water

The Delhi government proposes mandatory water harvesting units in housing complexes

DEFORESTATION

Mud housing is the key

Mud's low cost and malleability makes it an ideal building material. But its use can be popularised only if such drawbacks as its …

Access to drinking water, power has improved in slum areas, says slum census report

63.5 per cent slum dwellers in Indian cities have mobile phone connections, but only 19 per cent have toilets