In a swelter over shelter

Besides highlighting some of the enduring concerns faced by today's urban planners, what else has the Istanbul 'city summit' -- Habitat II -- …

Trapped in a quagmire

Pollution, disorderly urban growth and inadequate basic services are plaguing the Kathmandu valley and adversely affecting tourism, the valley's …

Africa’s poster city

Board Game>> Urbanisation • Nigeria

Shoes for tea

Cafe>> Heritage • Argentina

Urban voice

Face it

Price of urban sprawl

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

A green facade

Forced development

Plea from rooftops

Photographs>> Obama • Cambodia

Welcome to Monrovia

Map>> Civil War • Liberia

A town under the hammer

Auction>> Town • The US

Google’s oversight

Maps>> Shantytowns • Brazil

Not so safe cities – role of urban planning

This blog highlights that besides other factors that contribute to lack of safety in Indian Cities, a particular approach to urban planning and …

Oasis of quiet

FESTIVAL>>NOISE • Australia

Whither the new critical theory?

Trapped in a quagmire

Pollution, disorderly urban growth and inadequate basic services are plaguing the Kathmandu valley and adversely affecting tourism, the valley's …

Farm community abandons old practice

A Nepalese community that grows vegetables using traditional techniques is now succumbing to population pressures and rapid urbanisation.

City scan

Will the future city, marked by responsible governance and a concerned citizenry, be able to address the problems dogging the world's urban centres?

Inklings of politics in urban India

From the blurbs

Slum voices

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Night under a winter sky

As night falls in Delhi and mercury dips, Meeta Ahlawat ventures out with her camera to make a warm conversation with the homeless in the city. …

India's urban renewal plan goes wrong

The Centre's ambitious urban renewal plan has one basic flaw: in the name of public-private participation it tries to give greater agency to …

The ecological cost of highway to my village

How construction of a road led to economical, cultural shift in my village in Jaunpur