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.

Missionary zeal

The urban renewal mission is likely to bypass or short change the urban poor

One cheer for politics

Mohalla sabha brings people and authorities face to face  

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

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 …

New report on skewed urbanisation in India

Nagpur plots pro-poor plan to help land grabbers

West By Far East

In the rush for economic growth, China ignored its environment. Now it faces a nightmare. The country is one of the most polluted in the world.

Goa must grow...but how?

On January 26, 2007, the government of Goa withdrew its newest blueprint for the development of the state, called the Regional Plan 2011. …

A congestion plan in the name of decongesting Delhi

Urban development ministry’s expert panel report on how to decongest Delhi pays only lip service to improving public transport and …

Dhamaal Growth

NIDHI JAMWAL wonders what happened after Gurgaon got colonyfied

Key to gridlock

Government plans to levy charges on cars to ease congestion in cities

Stones unto stones

How smart is a smart city?

Urban growth model needs reality check

Public private prank

Where’s Bhoodan Land?

Will future cities be friendly?

Urbanisation is not just about infrastructure but also social cohesion

Farms in cities

A case for urban agriculture in India

Balding the urban landscape through shortsighted fiscal policies

Rebuilding cities

Hindustan motors

Can India ever have car-free centres?

More dreams sans cars

From a loose concept to a concrete movement, the idea of the car-free city has evolved gradually

Owning the road

Cities without cars, pollution and traffic. A movement is spreading across Europe to drive cars out. People are beginning to say no to cars