Up for grabs

Goa suffers the infiltration of its pristine landscapes by groups with vested commercial interests

'Censuses mean little'

A POPULATION expert sharply critical of India's achievements in curbing population growth. A demographer with scant respect for the census. A …

Simply Put: Joshimath, the tilted town

Simply put: Government green signal for 65% infra projects

Build it right to build it once

Dampness can debilitate a building and those living in it. Know how to get rid of it

How India’s ‘slum-free’ redevelopment fails residents by ignoring their design insights and needs

Housing design alone cannot change the persistent structural inequality faced by residents

Cleanest Cities of India: How cities resolved their garbage problem?

A  new docu-series showcases nine Indian cities with nine separate waste management models that need to be replicated to help …

The deficient design of India's streets

The designing of Indian roads, from carriageways to sidewalks, leaves much to be desired

Will Indian cities again drown this monsoon?

Even moderate rainfall can lead to major flooding in well-planned urban areas despite the presence of storm water drainage system

World Sparrow Day: With wooden nests, this man won a war against extinction

Rabindra Mohan Sahoo's efforts helped increase the bird’s population from 11 to now hundreds in a decade in an Odisha village

India, not yet a safe country for cyclists

On World Bicycle Day (June 3), let's emphasise the fact that cycling as a mode of travel can only pick up in India only when the 'smart cities' …

Creative conundrum

Technology alone won't deliver smart cities. That would require innovative design and creativity in solving problems

Do more roads really mean less congestion for commuters?

A new road may provide motorists with some level of respite from congestion in the short term, but almost all of the benefit from the road will …

No apartments

Our little understood urban dystopia

Public spaces make cities

Street activities work as ‘eyes on the street’, that keeps cities safe, and Jane Jacobs said create neighbourly environment. Public …

Land over nature

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

Mentally Taxing

Fissure in Kerala's ruling coalition over ADB loan

Hope in jaywalkers

The dominant urban vision is deeply exclusionary

Uttarakhand on bumpy recovery road

The state needs stringent town planning and environment assessment to prevent disasters

Who messed it up?

Guwahati indicts poor settlers for flash floods, ignores damage on wetlands by construction work

Infographic: Socio-economic indicators in urban India

CSE analysed SDG Urban Index & Dashboard 2021-22 by NITI Aayog

What ails the hills

Himalaya’s towns urgently need carrying capacity-based development plans

Himalayan plunder: Stop excessive, aggressive development

Incidents such as Joshimath subsidence will continue to occur if policy approaches do not change