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शहर वाढतायत, पाणी आटतंय: भारताच्या शहरी विस्ताराचा धोका
Apr 10, 2026

शहर वाढतायत, पाणी आटतंय: भारताच्या शहरी विस्ताराचा धोका

शहरांच्या वेगाने होणाऱ्या विस्तारामुळे भारतातील जलव्य�

Proximity Without Opportunity: Rethinking the 15-Minute City in India
Apr 02, 2026

Proximity Without Opportunity: Rethinking the 15-Minute City in India

The 15-minute city prioritises proximity, but in India, the real urban challenge lies not in access to local amenities, but in unequal access to jobs,

The Ganga as Civic Actor: Rethinking Governance in Varanasi
Mar 27, 2026

The Ganga as Civic Actor: Rethinking Governance in Varanasi

In Varanasi, the Ganga foregrounds reimagining river governance beyond technocratic approaches, shaping social practices, governance responses, and ur

बजट 2026-27: अब छोटे शहर प्राथमिकता
Feb 09, 2026

बजट 2026-27: अब छोटे शहर प्राथमिकता

बजट 2026-27 में छोटे और मध्यम शहरों के लिए बड़े प्रोजेक्ट और फ�

बजेट 2026: छोट्या शहरांचे भाग्य उजळणार? पायाभूत सुविधांवर सरकारचा मोठा 'फोकस'!
Feb 06, 2026

बजेट 2026: छोट्या शहरांचे भाग्य उजळणार? पायाभूत सुविधांवर सरकारचा मोठा 'फोकस'!

2026-27 च्या अर्थसंकल्पात टिअर II आणि III मध्ये समाविष्ट असलेल्य

Budget 2026-27: Implications for India’s Urban Local Bodies
Feb 03, 2026

Budget 2026-27: Implications for India’s Urban Local Bodies

Budget 2026–27 prioritises tier II and III cities and urban infrastructure, but weak ULB capacity, financing gaps and state-level constraints limit

Breathing the Trade-Offs of the Urban Anthropocene
Jan 15, 2026

Breathing the Trade-Offs of the Urban Anthropocene

Air pollution is a governance failure as much as an environmental one, demanding integrated urban planning, mobility reform, and justice-centred air g

2035 चा भारत: भविष्यातील शहरे स्वतः निर्णय घेतील?
Dec 24, 2025

2035 चा भारत: भविष्यातील शहरे स्वतः निर्णय घेतील?

कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्ता योग्य पद्धतीने वापरली गेली, तर ती शह

Rethinking India’s Urban Expansion for Equitable Water Access
Dec 11, 2025

Rethinking India’s Urban Expansion for Equitable Water Access

Rapid sprawl is stretching India’s water systems to breaking point, making equitable access dependent on smarter, inward-focused, ecologically sensi

AI for City Governance: Transforming Urban Planning and Service Delivery
Nov 24, 2025

AI for City Governance: Transforming Urban Planning and Service Delivery

AI can reshape urban governance by improving planning, service delivery, and citizen engagement, but only when its use is anchored in ethical safeguar

गुरुग्रामचा पूरधडा: आधुनिक शहरांना निसर्गाभिमुख शहरी नियोजनाची हाक
Nov 07, 2025

गुरुग्रामचा पूरधडा: आधुनिक शहरांना निसर्गाभिमुख शहरी नियोजनाची हाक

गुरुग्रामच्या पूरसंकटाने दाखवून दिले आहे की भारताच्या �

Gurugram Floods Underscore the Case for Traditional Planning
Oct 09, 2025

Gurugram Floods Underscore the Case for Traditional Planning

Gurugram’s flooding crisis underscores how India’s cities must move beyond cosmetic modernity and revive traditional ecological wisdom like the Pa

Green Mobility: Delhi EV Policy’s Next Phase
Aug 30, 2025

Green Mobility: Delhi EV Policy’s Next Phase

Delhi’s EV policy leads India’s green mobility shift — but the road ahead needs stronger data, financing, and urban planning alignment

Walkable Cities and India’s Urban Future
Aug 12, 2025

Walkable Cities and India’s Urban Future

Walkable cities can tackle India’s health, climate, and equity crises—making active, inclusive mobility central to its urban future

प्रशासन की अतिरेक? पंजाबच्या शहरी नियोजनातील बदलावर वादंग
Jul 21, 2025

प्रशासन की अतिरेक? पंजाबच्या शहरी नियोजनातील बदलावर वादंग

पंजाबने शहरांच्या नियोजनाचे नियंत्रण नोकरशहांकडे सोपव�

Governance or Overreach? Punjab’s Urban Planning Amendment Stirs Debate
Jul 11, 2025

Governance or Overreach? Punjab’s Urban Planning Amendment Stirs Debate

Punjab’s move to hand urban planning control to bureaucrats exposes federal fault lines and signals a troubling shift away from democratic urban gov

A Culture of Circularity: Driving Social and Behavioural Change for India’s Urban Waste Transition
Jun 03, 2025

A Culture of Circularity: Driving Social and Behavioural Change for India’s Urban Waste Transition

India's circular economy can’t succeed on tech and policy alone—it must drive deep behavioural change and shift social norms around waste.

Plastic in the Urban Veins: Towards Circular and Climate-Resilient Cities
Jun 03, 2025

Plastic in the Urban Veins: Towards Circular and Climate-Resilient Cities

Despite growing policy focus, India’s urban response to plastic waste remains fragmented and reactive. A systemic shift toward circular cities is es

मुंबईच्या शहरी नियोजनात पारंपरिक कोळी ज्ञानाचा समावेश
May 28, 2025

मुंबईच्या शहरी नियोजनात पारंपरिक कोळी ज्ञानाचा समावेश

भारतामध्ये पारंपरिक ज्ञानाचे फायदे आणि ते आधुनिक, वैज्ञ�

India’s Urban Growth Undermines Climate Resilience
May 12, 2025

India’s Urban Growth Undermines Climate Resilience

Real estate-driven urbanisation is deepening India’s flood and water crises, pushing the most vulnerable into harm’s way

Putting climate action at the centre of urban planning
Jan 14, 2025

Putting climate action at the centre of urban planning

With the heightened recurrence of climate-related crises in Indian cities, the challenge of building climate resilience has come to the foreground of

केंद्र आणि राज्य मिळून बनवणार परवडणाऱ्या घरांसाठी नवी धोरणे
Nov 04, 2024

केंद्र आणि राज्य मिळून बनवणार परवडणाऱ्या घरांसाठी नवी धोरणे

परवडणाऱ्या घरांची कमतरता दूर करण्यासाठी सरकारने केलेल्

Aligning the centre with states and cities for affordable housing in India
Oct 15, 2024

Aligning the centre with states and cities for affordable housing in India

The government’s measures to address affordable housing shortages offer hope across income groups. However, sustained commitment to continue these m

Coordinated governance for equitable, net-zero urban transport
Oct 14, 2024

Coordinated governance for equitable, net-zero urban transport

While national policies provide guidelines for achieving the net-zero targets, these seldom translate into effective strategies at the local level

The Union Government of India: From the margins to the centre of urban planning
Oct 08, 2024

The Union Government of India: From the margins to the centre of urban planning

The Indian government will have to comprehensively rethink its approach and empower ULBs if India is to achieve its promise of becoming an economic po

शहरांमधील बांधकाम आणि डिमॉलिशन वेस्टचे मॅनेजमेंट
Aug 22, 2024

शहरांमधील बांधकाम आणि डिमॉलिशन वेस्टचे मॅनेजमेंट

शहरांचा विस्तार होत आहे आणि अधिकाधिक लोकांना सामावून घे�

भारतीय शहरे आणि त्यांचे पक्ष्यांशी असलेले सहजीवन
Aug 20, 2024

भारतीय शहरे आणि त्यांचे पक्ष्यांशी असलेले सहजीवन

शहरांसाठीच्या हवामान कृती योजनांची महत्त्वाकांक्षी उद�

Managing construction and demolition waste in cities
Aug 09, 2024

Managing construction and demolition waste in cities

As cities expand and indulge in construction to accommodate more people, the question of dealing with construction and demolition waste becomes increa

Indian cities and their symbiotic relationship with birds
Jul 26, 2024

Indian cities and their symbiotic relationship with birds

The ambitious targets of the city climate action plans will be challenging to achieve unless they focus on conserving and revitalising the bird divers

Reimagining public transport: Creating a safe and inclusive Delhi
Jul 22, 2024

Reimagining public transport: Creating a safe and inclusive Delhi

By adopting strategies that prioritise women's safety, comfort, and convenience, Delhi can develop a more inclusive and equitable public transport sys

Rising demand for robust sustainable infrastructure
Jul 10, 2024

Rising demand for robust sustainable infrastructure

The rise in population, paralleled by the increase in urbanisation, has amplified the immediate need for climate-resilient infrastructure in Indian ci

शहरांतील अडथळा-मुक्त रूंद रस्ते: सर्वांच्या गरजांनुरूप शहरांची रचना हवी
Jun 25, 2024

शहरांतील अडथळा-मुक्त रूंद रस्ते: सर्वांच्या गरजांनुरूप शहरांची रचना हवी

शहरी नियोजनात सर्वसमावेशकता हा अनेकदा नंतर करण्यात येण�

भारतातील शहरी लवचिकतेला वित्तपुरवठा करण्यासाठी प्रभावी दृष्टीकोन
Jun 21, 2024

भारतातील शहरी लवचिकतेला वित्तपुरवठा करण्यासाठी प्रभावी दृष्टीकोन

योग्य शहरी नियोजन केले नाही तर भविष्यात भारताला मोठी किं

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

New urban climate policy: Making our cities “Tall, Green and Walkable
Jun 06, 2024

New urban climate policy: Making our cities “Tall, Green and Walkable

Over the next two decades, as most Indian cities will urbanise, we have a window of opportunity of making the cities “Tall, Green and Walkable”.

डिजिटल ट्विन तंत्रज्ञान म्हणजे काय? तंत्रज्ञान समजून घेण्याचा प्रयत्न...
Jun 01, 2024

डिजिटल ट्विन तंत्रज्ञान म्हणजे काय? तंत्रज्ञान समजून घेण्याचा प्रयत्न...

डिजिटल ट्विन तंत्रज्ञान विकसित होत असताना त्याचा प्रभा�

Perspectives on financing urban resilience in India
May 28, 2024

Perspectives on financing urban resilience in India

Without proper urban planning, India will incur significant costs in the future

Understanding digital twin technology
May 17, 2024

Understanding digital twin technology

As digital twin technology continues to evolve, its impact is visible across industries, but without clear regulations, the path to encouraging this g

मास्टर प्लॅन अंमलबजावणीला शहरांत अपयश का?
Mar 16, 2024

मास्टर प्लॅन अंमलबजावणीला शहरांत अपयश का?

शहरी नियोजनाला माणूसबळ व पैशाची भरघोस मदत देऊ केली गेली �

Why city master plans fail to materialise
Feb 26, 2024

Why city master plans fail to materialise

Unless urban planning is heavily incentivised with quality men and money, development plans are likely to remain on paper

Sports in Indian cities: Rethinking the use of astroturfs
Nov 07, 2023

Sports in Indian cities: Rethinking the use of astroturfs

The adoption of astroturf in sporting facilities poses a health hazard to humans and aggravates climate issues, thus, urban planning must focus on gre

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

Sustainable urban transport—A case for bicycle-friendly cities
Aug 25, 2023

Sustainable urban transport—A case for bicycle-friendly cities

Integrating the use of bicycles and establishing a sound cycling infrastructure will help India in its quest to achieve sustainable development

Urban wetlands in India need urgent attention
Jul 21, 2023

Urban wetlands in India need urgent attention

Coherent management and governance of urban wetlands in India needs to be initiated to secure the urban ecological balance and add to the city’s eco

National Budget 2022-23 and its focus on urban planning
Apr 06, 2023

National Budget 2022-23 and its focus on urban planning

States must be incensitived to heed Central directives on urban planning for proper urban development

Building Gender-Responsive Cities
Nov 07, 2022

Building Gender-Responsive Cities

Urban planners will have to imagine novel ways of ordering and expressing their spaces to eliminate the unequal power dynamics in urbanisation

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 Planning: योजना प्राधिकरण क्षेत्र के अंतर्गत विशेष ‘योजना अथॉरिटी’ के गठन का मसला
Jun 03, 2022

#Urban Planning: योजना प्राधिकरण क्षेत्र के अंतर्गत विशेष ‘योजना अथॉरिटी’ के गठन का मसला

विशेष योजना अथॉरिटी (एसपीए) के स्थापना को लेकर, शहरी स्थान