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The preparation of informative thematic maps and their integration with city portals can enhance public participation and communication.
Building one hundred smart cities, towns or townships will not change India's urban landscape much. India needs an overall smart, well-discussed, thought-out, and lastly effective and efficiently implemented urban development strategy in a holistic urban policy framework. Now is the time to shape it.
As India starts moving on its path of making its hundred odd cities 'smart', it could take a few cues from the experience of China, another developing country and India's immediate neighbour. Though in many parameters, the Chinese cities do quite well, they too have shortcomings, when looked from some indicators.
Most participants at an ORF conference on urban development and creation of 100 smart cities in India felt that creation of smart cities is an extremely challenging exercise and for this, careful planning and effective project implementation are required.
Are smart cities the panacea for the increasing urbanisation problems in India? Question asked the Modi government is speeding up its smart city mission.
The Indian government’s “Smart Cities Mission” aims to drive economic growth and improve quality of life through “smart” solutions for the delivery of infrastructure and services. This is expected to transform living spaces, enhance quality of life, and provide employment opportunities, in turn helping reduce crime rates and promoting law and order. Among the challenges to the “Smart Cities” programme is terrorism—especially in ur
विशेष योजना अथॉरिटी (एसपीए) के स्थापना को लेकर, शहरी स्थान
A holistic restructuring of federal, systemic, and financial governance is required to empower our city governments
The pandemic has highlighted both the increasing significance of cities in the larger national governance ecosystem as also exposed their vulnerabilit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi must be assessed by the success or failure of his major decisions that have been taken since he assumed power in May 2014
Urban governance in BRICS countries will require different policy solutions because of differing circumstances.
Direct budgetary support for urban sector schemes do not show any appreciable increase.
Improving the fiscal state of cities will need a holistic push from all tiers of the government.
Given that migration into cities is expected to increase significantly shortly, the prospect of building new habitats must be looked at more closely.
Child-friendly cities’ is an emerging concept in the urban management sector in many countries across the globe, including India, where it complements government schemes that aim to develop India’s urban spaces as centres of human capital development, knowledge hubs, and drivers of growth and prosperity. These flagship missions include, for example, the Smart Cities Mission and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMR
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.
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.
Unless India takes up urban planning with the seriousness it deserves, the future of some of the mega projects of the incumbent government such as the
The Modi government is encouraging less dependence on agriculture and the creation of smart cities. To make agriculture more remunerative and attractive, especially for the youth, a lot has to be done - farm credit, access to farm machinery and use of IT. So many villages even today are without power and many more do not have internet connectivity.
As the world grapples with the new normal, public transport and mass mobility are poised to undergo a transformative change.
India can emulate other global models by including all the stakeholders in the decision-making process to develop resilient urban cities.
Sanitation challenges will continue to persist in urban centres until there is an expansion in the managerial, financial, and technological capacities
The commitment towards local economic development, sustainable development, ease of living, etc. must be showcased by inviting reputed countries of th
The statistics in the socio economic caste census is a stark reminder that most rural poor in India do not belong to the 'middle class' at all. It is important to face up to the stark reality. Emphasis and implementation of Digital India, Make in India, Smart cities' programmes ought to take into account the problems faced by the poor.
While Open Building holds positive emancipatory potential for urban governance, the adverse impact of technology in an urban space must be kept in min
In embracing the metaverse, data-driven smart cities can unlock transformative possibilities for urban life quality for building new planning models
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
What can cities do to ensure progress and prosperity for all?
As India tries to achieve the goal of making smart cities that offer smart mobility, valuable lessons can be learned from existing practices.
The highest allocations being given to the housing and transport sectors indicates that the government’s priority during 2023-24 is to provide shelt
In the month of August this year, India has recorded about 60,000 to 70,000 Covid-19 positive cases every day, and the total number of cases has cross
With the current government’s plan to build 100 smart cities in India, buildings sector in India has a huge potential to achieve enhanced efficiency
