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Barrier-free boulevards: Designing cities for all abilities
Jun 11, 2024

Barrier-free boulevards: Designing cities for all abilities

Inclusion in urban planning is often an afterthought, leading to ineffective retrofitting. A paradigm shift is needed to make inclusive design a core

Bhutan’s goal of a green city: Pathways for a syncretic Indo-Bhutan development
Jan 18, 2024

Bhutan’s goal of a green city: Pathways for a syncretic Indo-Bhutan development

Bhutan’s forthcoming urban expansion will be a great opportunity for Indian urban planners to closely observe an urbanism model rooted in the ethos

Technology for urban planning: Prospects of ‘Open Building’
Oct 06, 2023

Technology for urban planning: Prospects of ‘Open Building’

While Open Building holds positive emancipatory potential for urban governance, the adverse impact of technology in an urban space must be kept in min

#Urban Affairs: भारतीय शहरों में घेराबंद समाज का उदय!
Jul 30, 2022

#Urban Affairs: भारतीय शहरों में घेराबंद समाज का उदय!

शहरी सेंटर द्वारा उच्चतम गुणवत्ता युक्त जीवन प्रदान कर प

The road to Smart City planning: A historical co-evolution of urban planning and information systems
Jul 20, 2022

The road to Smart City planning: A historical co-evolution of urban planning and information systems

The internet and urban planning have been historically interrelated and has influenced each other’s development.

#Urban Policy: नगर निगमों का विलय; कितना अच्छा, कितना बुरा?
Jul 02, 2022

#Urban Policy: नगर निगमों का विलय; कितना अच्छा, कितना बुरा?

मेगासिटी में बेहतर तरीक़े से काम करने के लिए अलग अलग टुकड�

शहरों में केंद्र और राज्य सरकार की संपत्तियों का अजीबोगरीब मामला
Jun 14, 2022

शहरों में केंद्र और राज्य सरकार की संपत्तियों का अजीबोगरीब मामला

अगर शहरी स्थानीय निकायों (यूएलबी) को सरकार के द्वारा जारी

शहरीकरण और तटीय विकास: टकरावों से सुलह-समझौते तक
Jun 14, 2022

शहरीकरण और तटीय विकास: टकरावों से सुलह-समझौते तक

टिकाऊ शहरी विकास पर अमल करते वक़्त स्थानीय समुदायों की आ�

Indian cities—Stunted by partial democratisation
Dec 29, 2021

Indian cities—Stunted by partial democratisation

The Indian government should address the challenge of municipal inequity, and ensure that better opportunities are available to enhance urban governan

Smart cities and GIS: Taking it beyond the pandemic
Sep 16, 2020

Smart cities and GIS: Taking it beyond the pandemic

The preparation of informative thematic maps and their integration with city portals can enhance public participation and communication.

Smart city making in India: Union budget 2020 and the way forward
Mar 04, 2020

Smart city making in India: Union budget 2020 and the way forward

The commitment towards local economic development, sustainable development, ease of living, etc. must be showcased by inviting reputed countries of th

'Smart City' "no substitute to developing urban infrastructure"
Sep 21, 2016

'Smart City' "no substitute to developing urban infrastructure"

There is a need for a threadbare analysis of smart city model in the Indian context to build urban infrastructure.

Important to connect research institutions to smart city initiatives
Jan 31, 2015

Important to connect research institutions to smart city initiatives

With there being a strong connection between smart cities and a nation's pride, it is important to connect universities and research institutions with smart city initiatives, says Dr. Meric Gertler, President of the University of Toronto.

Making a smart city in a fragile ecosystem: The case of Shimla
Sep 22, 2017

Making a smart city in a fragile ecosystem: The case of Shimla

Sustainability requires, among others, adjusting and reorienting to a dynamic situation. In the context of urban areas, “dynamism” is seen in the population and economic growth characteristics. The constantly changing nature of urban centres calls for new and improved strategies to ensure sustainable and equitable development. Owing to population growth and, consequently, greater pressure on resources, there has been increased focus on smart

Towards a sustainable smart city: The case of Aizawl
Aug 17, 2018

Towards a sustainable smart city: The case of Aizawl

India’s hill cities are unique poles of development. While they have managed to record some degree of economic growth, increasing urban population and unfavourable topography have also made such growth haphazard and unsustainable. In turn, this has threatened the quality of the built environment and of urban life in these cities. This report studies the case of the hill city of Aizawl, the administrative capital of Mizoram, which is part of the

Can smart cities solve our urbanisation problems?
Aug 18, 2016

Can smart cities solve our urbanisation problems?

Are smart cities the panacea for the increasing urbanisation problems in India? Question asked the Modi government is speeding up its smart city mission.

Is India betting big on Huawei?
Feb 07, 2020

Is India betting big on Huawei?

A divided domestic telecoms industry, disagreement within the central government, and a desire for India to develop its own systems have made the country’s calculations on 5G all the more complicated.

Sustaining urban growth through ecological restoration: The case of Coimbatore
Nov 06, 2017

Sustaining urban growth through ecological restoration: The case of Coimbatore

A city goes through several stages of evolution from being an aggregate of activities and population to developing its own identity as an economic and cultural hub. In the context of urban management, the evolution of a city is seen in its ability to think for itself in terms of resource sustainability and dynamic infrastructure needs. Coimbatore, the second-largest city in the state of Tamil Nadu, has gone through various stages of economic evol

Vote, both negative and positive
Feb 12, 2015

Vote, both negative and positive

Unlike the BJP, the focus of the AAP's campaign was not on lofty slogans, such as making a Delhi a 'smart city', but on issues that mattered to the public. No wonder it is commonly said that one should never underestimate the power of the common man.

भविष्यातील शहरांसाठी कोरोनाचे धडे
May 21, 2020

भविष्यातील शहरांसाठी कोरोनाचे धडे

जर शहरांच्या अक्राळविक्राळ रचनेमुळे माणसाचे जगणे अशक्य ठरणार असेल, तर भविष्यात या शहरांच्या पुनर्रचनेचा विचार करायलाच हवा.

२०२०चे बजेट व स्मार्ट सिटीप्रकल्पांचे भविष्य
Mar 09, 2020

२०२०चे बजेट व स्मार्ट सिटीप्रकल्पांचे भविष्य

सधन-प्रगत देशांना ‘स्मार्ट सिटी प्रकल्पा’त सहभागी करवून घेत शाश्वत-आर्थिक विकास साधणे व नागरिकांना उत्तम राहणीमान मिळवून देणे नव्या भारतासाठी आवश्यक आहे.