New report on skewed urbanisation in India

Nagpur plots pro-poor plan to help land grabbers

A requiem for the Bagmati

Dharavi's real estate threat

The Maharashtra government wants to redevelop Dharavi, Mumbai's sprawling slum. But its plan has not taken into account the fact that people not …

A tale of two cities

`I did not have a government for 36 hours'

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah pleaded helplessness as the seat of his government went under water and his ministers and …

Repeal of Maharasthra land ceiling act not enough to solve urban crisis

Farms in cities

A case for urban agriculture in India

Parking that can’t be found

Balding the urban landscape through shortsighted fiscal policies

Goa regional plan has public up in arms

Reclaiming urban spaces critical for democracy

Maharashtra repeals Urban Land Ceiling Act

Mumbai's open spaces in limbo

New terminal for Mumbai port faces criticism from urban planners

Maharashtra raises floor space index "to meet budget deficit"

Mumbai sources out city planning

Regulating living environment for public safety

Land over nature

Cities are expanding indiscriminately across the globe, at the cost of rich biodiversity  

Architect M N Sharma on why Chandigarh's beauty is becoming history

Le Corbusier Foundation, Paris, plans to put Chandigarh in UNESCO's modern heritage list. M N Sharma, the first architect to work with Le …

Property industry in trouble in Punjab

Plan that isn’t

NCR Planning Board dilutes environmental safeguards to promote towns, industries

Darkling waters

The Bagmati loses its way in Kathmandu amid political vacuum and urban chaos

Urban children in slums more vulnerable to health risks, says report

Centres that host most of these vulnerable kids need immediate attention

Mithi is a river, not real estate

Jagdish Gandhi wears many hats. A historian writing a book on Mumbai’s colonial past, he was among those responsible for restoring the …