Sanitation woes cost Africa 115 lives every hour

New UN study urges African countries to pay special attention to invest in sanitation systems for faecal sludge management

What COVID-19 can mean for SDG-11, sustainable cities and communities in India

As urban vulnerabilities are amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of sustainable cities in Sustainable Development Goals needs to be …

Our little understood urban dystopia

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

Centres that host most of these vulnerable kids need immediate attention

Darkling waters

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

High on skyscrapers

Book>> Triumph of the city: How our greatest invention makes us richer, smarter, greener, healthier, and happier • by Edward Glaeser &…

The City-not-so-Beautiful

Much of today's environmental impacts originate in cities

Citizens' reports indict Gujarat government for Surat floods

The floods of August 2006 are among the worst Gujarat's Surat city

Capital punishment

MONEYMAKERS

Let's talk about access to space

A look at world urban population

The legendary Gandhian

Pakistani social scientist Akhtar Hameed Khan, is remembered, on his first death anniversary, for his achievements in the field of urban management

Farms in cities

A case for urban agriculture in India

Rebuilding cities

Saving city lakes

To counter the rapid decline of its lakes, Karnataka is creating a new authority with powers to fine and imprison encroachers and polluters. Will …

City on trial

Chandigarh resists luxury residential project but fails to rehabilitate its slum population to preserve its master plan

Price of urban sprawl

Urban sprawl has caused conditions of insecurity in the peri-urban areas.

New report on skewed urbanisation in India

A requiem for the Bagmati