Direct budgetary support for urban sector schemes do not show any appreciable increase.
Delhi is expected to record a population in the range of 28-30 million by the year 2041. To meet their requirements and to resolve numerous problems plaguing the city, the fourth master plan for Delhi (MPD) is being prepared. An attempt has been made to ...
Buenos Aires and Mumbai are among the least green cities in the world, with only about 1.8 square metres per capita of green space.
As cities emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, they cannot afford a setback in the struggle to build more equitable and resilient urban areas. They must make bold investment decisions now.
Leveraging Mumbai’s strengths as a financial powerhouse will require regulatory changes and resolving taxation laws’ complexities.
A global platform can be one where cities learn from each other, share best practices, discuss challenges — and seek solutions together.
Marginalised sections of the urban population, particularly women, are disproportionately affected by environmental degradation and extreme climate change due to their gendered roles and lower incomes.
It is about recognising that while cities offer economic opportunities to millions, they come with poor and overcrowded housing, lack of safe water and sanitation, lack of education and primary healthcare, high risk of disasters and climate change events.
Paradiplomacy and leveraging links with other cities is useful in attracting investment and technology, and fostering cultural understanding.
What can cities do to ensure progress and prosperity for all?
Improving the fiscal state of cities will need a holistic push from all tiers of the government.
In 2021, India’s imperatives include uplifting the lives of marginalised populations, creating mechanisms for people’s participation in civic affairs, and controlling population growth.
Mumbai must spearhead the positioning of India as the third economic superpower, in between the forecasted East/West civilisation confrontation.
While megacities generate mega economy, they hurtle down the hill on almost all benchmarks of livability — a way must reverse this trend.
In the global urban context, cultural identity is becoming increasingly synonymous with the nature of prevalent collective activities.
Creating low carbon cities calls for a paradigm shift in government policies related to the built environment, particularly pertaining to land use, housing, urban mobility and water efficiency.
Gender-sensitive planning will help mitigate adverse and unequal impacts — and build resilience.
As the world grapples with the new normal, public transport and mass mobility are poised to undergo a transformative change.
The transition towards circular urban economies in India needs policy frameworks that allow the development of skills and the inclusion of informal workers in the formal chain of remanufacturing.
Modern street planning does not stop at technical designing.
Cities will need to give special attention to the needs of women and ensure that it builds on their economic productivity and recognises their contribution to the economy.
Children are not at the centre of city development as policies are planned for adults. It is time we start building a child policy for India.
The past practice of seeing all poverty in a rural light and applying rural solutions in urban conditions will not yield the expected results.
BRTS cities are now struggling with a surfeit of public transport systems — the normal bus service, BRTS and the Metro.
Roshani Jain is a Research Assistant for the Strategic Studies Programme, under the Neighbourhood Team. Her research interests include South Asian environmental security and international resource sharing, with a special emphasis on hydro-diplomacy. She is interested in exploring environmental policy discourses ...
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Tanya Aggarwal is a Research Assistant at the Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology at ORF. Her research focuses on the intersection between technology and international relations, with a particular focus on emerging technologies. She got her Bachelors in International Relations ...
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