No one-size-fits-all way to combat urban heat island effect

Tropical and dry cities respond differently to heat mitigation strategies. This difference should be considered when trying to protect residents …

Meet the Italian artist painting against pollution

Andreco is using his art to talk about climate change and sustainable development

Integration of culture with urban strategies can make cities sustainable

Culture is what makes cities attractive and creative. Sans culture, cities are merely concrete and steel constructions prone to social and …

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

MEXICO CITY

Urban anxieties

TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES FOR CITIES: POLICY CONSIDERATIONS FOR URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Carl Bartone & …

Environment first, economy later, say Indians

Naini Lake polluted by sewage and construction waste

US municipalities to abolish rights of corporations

20 Asian cities rated for air pollution

Much of today's environmental impacts originate in cities

Cities as spaces of culture, constraints

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Life in the fast lanes

Urban areas are "living organisms" in themselves and create their own ecosystems

Making Mumbai global hub

Several Worlds, one vision

Satyajit Ray's films showed an extreme sensitivity to the natural world. Yet he was no naturalist. The people he portrayed were carefully …

TOURIST TOWN

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THE INDUSTRIAL TOWNS

Balding the urban landscape through shortsighted fiscal policies

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A GUIDED TOUR THROUGH THE SMOKESCREEN OF VEHICULAR POLLUTION

SMOG INC.

A GUIDED TOUR THROUGH THE SMOKESCREEN OF VEHICULAR POLLUTION

Small towns Big mess

India's urban environment is a ghastly cocktail of prosperity, poverty and pollution. A study of eight towns moving towards the precipice of disaster

Urban areas can support biodiversity

Finding space in our city for nature