Just 12% women in Nigeria used modern contraceptive methods: Report

Over 83 per cent women in Nigeria were not using any contraceptive methods for pregnancy prevention in 2018

Will Indian cities again drown this monsoon?

Even moderate rainfall can lead to major flooding in well-planned urban areas despite the presence of storm water drainage system

Creative conundrum

Technology alone won't deliver smart cities. That would require innovative design and creativity in solving problems

Green salute

Scientists at Maida's polytechnic college are r6versing the trend of rural upliftment through urban-basgd planning

Snatching someone's baby

Villagers in Rajasthan have revived a dried up river in the region with help of a NGO. Now, their fight is with the state government, which has …

Agenda for people's participation

Two new amendments to the Constitution promise greater effectiveness in civic administration and urban planning; but is that enough?

It’s about the poor

Poverty line figures hide people’s aspirations

The deprived lot

Andhra Pradesh fails to allocate funds stipulated for Scheduled Castes and Tribes, says Cabinet panel

India is not producing enough town planners to make our cities more livable

Our cities are not equipped to handle the surge in population

New poverty estimate scrapped

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh orders for new methodology

Let states decide

Momentum lost

SAARC STATES STALLING

Women on the warpath

BANGLADESH

COMBODIA

IT's got the look

Nigeria’s cities are growing fast: Family planning must be part of urban development plans

Urban poverty that already afflicts 42% of urban residents in Nigeria is set to rise

Why the data block?

India does not know how many people are poor or who they are; no consumer expenditure survey has been done in the last decade. We also do not …

Urban commons: Need to develop financing framework

Urban commons are mainly dependent on governments, particularly local governments that are more often than not financially weak

Budget by the people

Pune Municipal Corporation has been successfully implementing participatory budgeting since 2005

US anti-abortion policy spiked unwanted pregnancies in Africa: Study

The Mexico City Policy bans aids to NGOs for performing or promoting abortions as a method of family planning

Here comes the megacities

By 2100, at least 10 cities are predicted to have population over 50 million. How can society keep pace?

From Africa, with will

For the first time, African countries flagged off urbanisation as a factor impacting climate change at the recently held Africa Carbon Forum …

People trying to curb people

With the Vatican already on the offensive and various unresolved rifts, fireworks are definitely on the agenda of the upcoming population …