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

परवडणाऱ्या घरांची कमतरता दूर करण्यासाठी सरकारने केलेल्

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

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

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

शहरांचा विस्तार होत आहे आणि अधिकाधिक लोकांना सामावून घे�

शहरांसाठीच्या हवामान कृती योजनांची महत्त्वाकांक्षी उद�

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

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

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

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

शहरी नियोजनात सर्वसमावेशकता हा अनेकदा नंतर करण्यात येण�

योग्य शहरी नियोजन केले नाही तर भविष्यात भारताला मोठी किं

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

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 विकसित होत असताना त्याचा प्रभा�

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

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

शहरी नियोजनाला माणूसबळ व पैशाची भरघोस मदत देऊ केली गेली �

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The mitigation of climate change will be successful only if water risks are factored in while drafting ‘climate-smart’ strategies.

Although the Budget pushes for urban planning, will the architecture of Indian federalism continue to limit its execution?

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

The continuation of oppressive colonial ideology through the preservation of heritage sites is stifling social change.

Gender-sensitive planning will help mitigate adverse and unequal impacts — and build resilience.

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

The COVID19 pandemic is a wake-up call to the world to realise that the sustainability quotient, in terms of the scale that city population densities

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 consequences of reckless urban planning in Mumbai — earlier intermittent — have now aggravated.

Mumbai today has a plethora of institutions - BMC, MMRDA, MSRDC, MVRC, etc. At last count, there were 23 institutions directly or indirectly 'planning' for Mumbaikars. There is an urgent need to 'de-institutionalise' urban planning.

The day and age of centralised and linear town planning approaches are over. Conceptually, the urban planners, architects, designers, builders and policy makers have to make a conscious efforts to humanise urban planning to make it part of the larger ecosystem of social sciences.

As the threat from climate hazards rise, several global cities have altered their urban planning and design approaches to incorporate nature-driven solutions as a counter to conventional infrastructure practices by harnessing blue elements (for instance, seas, rivers, lakes, wetlands, and water utilities) alongside the green (such as trees, parks, gardens, playgrounds and forests). This paper explores the emerging concept of blue-green in

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented stress on India’s urban public health infrastructure, underscoring the need for urban planning to account for increased demand for health amenities during crises. This paper evaluates the city of Mumbai’s 1991 and 2034 development plans and finds inherent infrastructural inadequacies. It calls on urban-policymakers to complement development plans with robust dynamic health strategies that conside

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

Goal 11 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals aims to “make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.” Its targets include the promotion of resilience to disasters such as earthquakes. Many of India’s cities that lie in high-intensity zones—determined by ‘seismic microzonation’—are extremely vulnerable to earthquakes. Such cities, therefore, must move towards developing and adopting policies that pro

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

Acknowledging health as a central component of urban planning and governance will help achieve health SDGs and ensure policy coherence.