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What are the consequences of illegal construction in urban India?
While saving lives is a laudable objective, good driving habits alone are not enough to bring down deaths. Quality of roads, competence and freshness
While the civic agencies responsible for daily cleaning of streets and removal of garbage are not demonstrating the desired level of efficiency, many urban residents do not follow any of the waste disposal rules, making waste management increasingly difficult.
The Brazilian economy is in a new period of transition. Its challenges today are of tax incentives in order to steer foreign investments towards the domestic shores and curbing rising inequality and urban-rural divide.
Narendra Modi seems serious about building 100 smart cities. Just look at how the port city of Dholera in Gujarat is shaping up. It's might as well become an emblematic talisman of how a few handpicked men and women can build a new urban India at breakneck speed.
In June 2015 the Modi government launched the Smart Cities Mission, a major urban development initiative designed to improve living conditions and achieve higher economic growth in 100 cities across the country. The Mission offers the State and city governments yet another opportunity to think creatively and work towards the betterment of their cities. Will India succeed in this venture, and would the future 'smart cities' be equitable and sustai
There is a need to look at city bariatrics — and articulate policies that disincentivise demographic density towards better urban sustainability.
The Indian government should address the challenge of municipal inequity, and ensure that better opportunities are available to enhance urban governan
By studying India’s consumption patterns over time, effective policies can be undertaken to boost India’s economic growth
There are enough indications that the standard of living of Indian people remains the same despite India’s robust urban economic productivity
India now has the unique opportunity to outline and action specific U20 goals to link with the larger objectives of G20
Why have the informal workers not been able to form a pressure group, or demand for better rights to housing or living in Mumbai?
The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) is one of several infrastructure megaprojects underway in India, intended to boost industrial modernisation and generate manufacturing employment for India’s young, largely unskilled workforce. Field research in DMIC investment sites in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh shows that its implementation is highly uneven across States and regions. The research, along with the literature, suggests that regional ind
Facing a double whammy — the strategic window closing, and ground situation in Kashmir improving — Pakistan will do whatever it can to create disturbances in J&K to bring the issue back in focus.
The mitigation of climate change will be successful only if water risks are factored in while drafting ‘climate-smart’ strategies.
IPEF की रूपरेखा में ख़ामियों के बावजूद ये ढांचा भारत को दक्ष
The victory confirms earlier predictions that the fulcrum of national politics has moved away from the urban centres and their elite
The results of the Urban Local Body polls show that the BJP and the Congress, piggybacking on the boycott of the two main parties of Kashmir valley, m
Balanced urbanisation and rural development is an urgent requirement in China, if it has to fulfill its goals of sustainable development. For this purpose, budgetary allocations and farmers' support have to be tweaked, along with agricultural modernisation.
With metro rail adding one more layer to urban mass transit, an autonomous UMTA is necessary to increase the modal share of public transport in urban
Urban infrastructure projects using brownfield or greenfield development can cause damage to natural habitats. To achieve the Agenda 2030 goal of “leaving no one behind” while mitigating the destruction of habitats, an integrated approach towards infrastructure development must be adopted. This paper outlines the current paradigms of sustainable infrastructure provision, highlighting how and why sustainability outcomes are overlooked at diffe
City planning and development agencies must take steps to resolve problems faced by vulnerable urban populations
In Maldives, with the People's Majlis, or Parliament, commencing its delayed inaugural session for the current year with the customary address by President Mohammed Wahid Hassan, even if in the midst of disturbances caused by Maldivian Democratic Party.
The surge in vehicle ownership has created a persistent on-street parking challenge amidst increasing demand for parking space
From 2021, Delhi’s new master plan, for guiding future development during 2021-41, will be applicable. The plan is currently under preparation and i
By increasing the number of medical colleges and subsequently the healthcare workforce, India is working towards ensuring enhanced healthcare access f
The consequences of reckless urban planning in Mumbai — earlier intermittent — have now aggravated.
There have been various factors that have limited the growth of the municipal bond market, but importantly it reflects the state of finances in the in
It is time that India lays emphasis on changing its approach to urban governance and makes pragmatic changes in its policy books to make its cities fi
Municipal governance has once again taken centre stage in Indian polity. There is a current re-shaping of narratives within the national government to make local governance effective. It is realised that deficit in the delivery of urban services results in chaos, which forms the basis for citizens doubting the functioning of the local government.
It is abundantly plain that the salubrity of cities will increasingly determine ‘India’s global profile’
If India intends to meet its climate pledges, well-planned nature-based interventions need to be employed by the ULBs for a sustainable future.
Though GDP growth in India may be less than China's, there are not so many problems that the government is facing except perhaps the latest problem of accelerated insurgency by the Maoists. Like China, India should also be worried about reducing the glaring inequality of incomes and balanced development between the rural and urban areas.
As we celebrate International Literacy Day, we examine the provision of the National Education Policy and see if the NEP can deliver on its promise to
The arrival of the new party RSP represents a distinct shift in the Nepali polity, one that is ringing the death knell of traditional parties
Immediate policy changes due to public outrage over health and the ill-effects of pollution are seen only because it is the rich who raise these issue
Amidst urban growth, equipping cities with the most optimal, cost-efficient, and effective mass rapid transport systems is imperative
India can emulate other global models by including all the stakeholders in the decision-making process to develop resilient urban cities.
The concept of ‘gentrification’ has been studied extensively in urban agglomerations, specifically in tier-I and tier-II cities. ‘Gentrification’ is largely understood as the displacement of people belonging to certain classes in an area due to the influx of investment and affluent classes into that area. In India, settlements are based on religious and social vectors of caste, rather than economic vectors of class. With settlemen
As urbanisation in India ratchets up, cities would need to be more resilient, both environmentally and economically
