Global State of National Urban Policy 2024
<p>With global population increasingly concentrating in urban areas, cities are driving national economic growth, while also grappling with challenges such as inequalities, affordable housing shortages,
Urbanisation
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Winds of change: East Asias sustainable energy future
This report focuses on East Asia
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Food insecurity in urban populations
The food crisis at the end of the last decade and the resulting food riots that occurred in cities all over the world exposed the vulnerability and fragility of the current global food system and highlighted the increasing problem of urban food security. Urban households were among the hardest hit by the food and economic crises as they saw their purchasing power decline drastically.
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Dynamics of urban mobility: a comparative analysis of megacities of India
This paper aims to analyse urban mobility patterns and consequent impacts on energy and environment in India. It investigate the quantity of energy use in 23 metropolitan regions for the period 1981
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Trapped in a quagmire
Pollution, disorderly urban growth and inadequate basic services are plaguing the Kathmandu valley and adversely affecting tourism, the valley's major revenue earner. Tourism itself is a burden on the valley's resources. Attempts are being made to stem t
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The dying "lifeline"
The sorry state of the Bagmati is an eloquent pointer to the state of the Kathmandu Valley
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The legendary Gandhian
Pakistani social scientist Akhtar Hameed Khan, is remembered, on his first death anniversary, for his achievements in the field of urban management
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The politics of Pollution
Nepal's carpet industry is being castigated for being the primary polluter of the Kathmandu valley
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Newar houses designed to save farmland
The Newars of Kathmandu realised centuries ago that if they had to leave space for future generations, they would have to live as compactly as possible
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National heritage gets short shrift
Urban pressures are threatening to destroy the lesser known of Kathmandu's historical structures
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Much of today's environmental impacts originate in cities
The world has seen a dramatic shift to urban living. In 1900, only 10 per cent of the global population were urban dwellers; now it's more than 50 per cent. More than 95 per cent of the net increase