Squatters' rights
The issue of toilet space for 8.1 million slumdwellers in India's 4 major metros threatens to expand into a matter of social rights
The issue of toilet space for 8.1 million slumdwellers in India's 4 major metros threatens to expand into a matter of social rights
civil society in India associates the World Bank with economic growth infrastructure, and fiscal stabilisation. This book to some extent confirms this perception. It argues that economic growth
The recent Supreme Court orders against polluting industries have merely kicked off an arduous process of cleaning up the Capital
No stock, nuclear energy programme in crisis
The ethics of transplanting an organ from one species to another is debatable as the dangers involved are too many and unknown
The Supreme Court extends the deadline to introduce cleaner petrol and diesel in the capital
An used chlor alkali plant is slipped through lax Indian laws on the import of hazardous technology
Is the individual s attempt at environmental awareness limited mostly to sermonising about big issues?
I see two objectives for urban planning in India: one, environmental sustainability and two, public participation in this planning
THE reality of participation has often differed from the rhetoric. In fact, much development, which is participatory in nature, has remained top-down in practice. This may be so because even though
Groups of tribal women in Orissa are fighting against authorities to improve their lot by consolidating the trade of minor forest produce
Bihar, which uses a large amount of water from upstream Ganga, criticises the Indo Bangladesh water treaty apprehending adverse impact on its irrigation development <br>
ONE of the major criticisms against large surface irrigation projects was the way the water was mismanaged, leading to conflict between head- and tail-end users, waterlogging and soil salinity. In
Development strategies cry out for a "bottoms up" approach that involves the intended beneficiaries
Kuttanad in Malayalam means 'small town'. But the ecological devastation which human hands have wrought here is in no way small or insignificant
The WHO initiates global move to check the onslaught of malaria
<p><span id="itro1">Even as floods play havoc in Uttarakhand, states have opposed provisions of this bill prepared by CWC in 1975. It provides clauses about flood zoning authorities, prohibition of the
US politicians cannot keep mouthing morality without learning the morality associated with global cooperation and coexistence
While the Marathwada quake victims waited for succour, lucre and its distribution ensnared the NGOs, the voluble critics of government's callous habits, in attritious squabblings. S Parasuraman's
In 1986, the Foundation for Community Organisation and Management Technology installed the community management system in 5 municipalities in Negros Occidental -- Bago, Pulupandan, Valliadollid,