Will future cities be friendly?

Urbanisation is not just about infrastructure but also social cohesion

'Is Dabolim project in forest area?'

High court seeks status report from Goa's forest department in eight weeks

Maharashtra repeals Urban Land Ceiling Act

Property industry in trouble in Punjab

A look at world urban population

100 smart satellite cities on anvil

Push for urban development through PPP and FDI

Eviction images

Hindustan motors

Can India ever have car-free centres?

UK's zero carbon house plan

2010 World Cup revamp: squatters evicted from Jo'burg

Suzlon, Lavasa raised loans from the company named in bribery scam

Scam led to arrest of several top officials of public sector banks

Common pastureland in Karnataka diverted for development: report

Environment group alleges state government approved move

Street vendors' bill will be introduced in Parliament this session, says Selja

It proposes abolishing existing licence system for vendors

This is what Lavasa looks like

Letters

Sound planning in the Himalayas

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

Clear and present danger in the Himalayas

As Himalayan towns continue to grow haphazardly without development plans and carrying capacity assessment, how does one secure their future?

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 15, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

The state of housing: What CSE research tells us about rents in Indian cities

Affordable rental housing has emerged as the new way to achieve the objective of housing for all 

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

Photo-copy

If this is world's best in photojournalism, then it is shocking. Make no mistakes. Most of the photographs, featured at the Annual World Press …

Truth about PM’s 'Housing for All' scheme: it is far off target

Eighteen months and Rs 4,275.31 crores later, not even 0.1 per cent of the project could be completed

This Tamil Nadu couple built a 1600 sq feet mud house with just Rs 25 lakh

Akhila, a natural farmer and Surendran, a planning manager from Tamil Nadu embarked on an adventure together to create a 1600 square feet mud …

A utlitarian look at cheap housing

LOW-COST HOUSING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES G C Mathur Publisher: Centre for Science & Technology of the Non-aligned and Other Developing …

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