Small towns do not degrade the rural environment
Auroville, or 'the city of dawn', is a unique township located in a predominantly rural district of Villupuram in Tamil Nadu. At the time of its …
Urban anxieties
TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES FOR CITIES: POLICY CONSIDERATIONS FOR URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Carl Bartone & …
Kampala, Kigali and Addis Ababa are changing fast: New book follows their distinct paths
Book explains why attempting to supplant models from urban development elsewhere, including “best practices”, will not work
Pune citizens keep watchful eye on their city
Concerned residents of the city have formed groups to ensure the municipal authorities take care to keep the city clean, green and functioning.
Stalking plague
PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT — THE PLAGUE IN SURAT·Ghanshyam Shah· Sage Publications, New Delhi·Rs 395
National status will fetch it funds
A proposal to include the Calcutta wetlands in the list of waterbodies of national importance will protect it from real estate developers as well …
Website review: http://www.saukaryam.org
Vishakhapatnam residents can register and verify births and deaths online and get the certificates delivered to their residences. Payment of …
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
Sealed fate
The de-sealing drive of the Delhi government is yet to take-off as a bureaucratic maze greets factory owners
Nowhere!
Three months after Gujarat was flattened by an earthquake, the state government goes in for a relocation plan to satisfy the builder's lobby
High time to move away from the master plan approach for Indian cities
Initiatives such as GIS-based master & development plans for 500 AMRUT cities are encouraging but we are still far behind
Urban commons
Down to Earth reaches out to experts to understand the scope and limitations of reimagining urban commons
Gabon destroys Africa's single most extensive mangrove area for construction
Weak legislation, corruption, lack of data are compunding environmental problems in a country which has over 10% of its area covered by national parks
Masked development
If polluted air and risks to health are the trade-off for development. Is it worth it?
Master plan for anarchy
The judgement to relocate polluting factories in Delhi leaves several questions unanswered. Will the powers-who-be work to turn good intentions …
Accra is congested, but relocating Ghana’s capital is not the only option
Accra could keep its political role, but some of its facilities and services should be distributed around the country
360 million people will be exposed to extreme heat in 142 Indian cities by 2050
New research reveals number of cities and citizens threatened by direct and indirect climate hazards if global greenhouse gas emissions continue …
Financial inclusion critical for building sustainable Indian cities
Financial inclusion not just a matter of economic growth, but also of social justice and ensuring sustainability
Bihar plans policy change to push urbanisation
The state government has prepared a draft seeking changes to ‘old criteria’ for notifying semi-urban or rural area as urban
Education, infrastructure saving grace for top districts: NITI Aayog report
Top performing districts still lag behind in development parameters like health and nutrition
Tough choices have to be made for Africa to sustainably urbanise
With Africa approaching 50 per cent urbanisation, governments have to make hard choices for scale and type of investments they need to make
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
A creative challenge: Designing proposals of 19 waterbodies in Faridabad
The project offered us an opportunity to bring substantial change through our work to the local environment and the lives of people living around …
COVID-19: We’re in a real-time laboratory of a more sustainable urban future
After coronavirus, a key question emerges: What in essence is a city for? There is a need to look at permanent urban policy choices to make …
'Politics, science and civil society will determine success of SDGs'
Paul V Gandingen, director at Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) and a UNESCO chair, talks about how countries can achieve …
