The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
It is rather naive to delink urbanisation from the rising lifestyle aspirations and the imperatives of economic development. Opportunities, power and prestige are some of the irresistible attributes of the growing urban centres which attract migrants on a large scale. In India economic liberalisation and urbanisation have become complimentary to …
Meghalaya looks set to lose around Rs 2,600 crore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission (JNNURM) as the Centre will be wrapping up the flagship scheme in less than two years. The Centre has targeted wrapping up the implementation of the JNNURM in the country by 2012. Former …
Do local improvements in infrastructure provision improve city competitiveness? What public finance mechanisms stimulate local infrastructure supply? And how do local efforts compare with national decisions of placing inter-regional trunk infrastructure? This paper examine how the combination of local and national infrastructure supply improve city competitiveness, measured as the city’s …
The Task Force on Urban Development was constituted in June 2010 by the Planning Commission, Planning and Development Division, Government of Pakistan, to review existing urban conditions in the country and establish broad principles for formulating a national urban policy. Headed by Mr. Arif Hasan, the Task Force, comprising eminent …
The Meghalaya Government is in a fix about how to get the funds under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Meghalaya will be eligible for the JNNURM funds only after holding civic polls. The funds are intended to improve civic amenities in six districts and one sub-divisional headquarters …
Urban renewal, with a focus on inclusive development of urban centres, is one of the thrust areas in the National Common Minimum Programme and accordingly the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission was launched. This paper analyses the present urban development policies with a focus on coverage at the state …
Following a diktat by Jairam Ramesh, environment and forest minister, the state government has started consolidating information about high rises with CRZ and FSI violations in the coastal areas of Mumbai. The housing department claimed that the buildings that have violated norms may face Adarsh-like action. Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan …
The city is faring quite poorly in comparison to other major cities of the country if a report of the central Ministry for Urban Development is to be believed. The ministry has prepared a Service Level Bench Mark Data of the country's 28 cities. This provides information about the city's …
NEW DELHI: Neither the Commonwealth Games Village nor the Akshardham Temple should have been allowed to be built on the banks of the Yamuna, according to Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh. He proposes to issue a River Regulation Zone notification to protect riverbeds from such harmful constructions in the future.
Environmentalists and river conservation activists have hailed the Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh's comments about the need for a River Regulation Zone notification, but they want the Minister to
State urban development minister Asok Bhattacharya announced on Tuesday that Rs 9 crore was being allotted to purchase water meters for the Calcutta Municipal Corporation areas, leaving the ground clear for a tussle with the Trinamul Congress. The Opposition party, which runs the CMC board, is against collecting water taxes, …
Yoginder K Alagh The recent McKinsey report is correct in emphasising the role of urbanisation and that it is being neglected. It correctly says that the action will also be in small and medium towns at present dimly recognised. However, it underestimates magnitudes, relying largely on official projections that are …
Mumbai In an attempt to speed up the Navi Mumbai airport work, the state government is seeking opinion on if it can start blasting the hillock near the site ahead of the bidding and land acquisition process. According to officials, land acquisition and shifting of project affected people from the …
This report's objective is to develop the evidence base for policy making in relation to poverty reduction. It produces a diagnosis of the broad nature of the poverty problem and its trends in India, focusing on both consumption poverty and human development outcomes. It also includes attention in greater depth …
This new book by Sustainable Sanitation Alliance focuses on sustainable sanitation systems in cities and shows how this can be achieved within the constraints and complexities of the urban environment. This book was prepared by partners of the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) within working group 6 on cities and addresses …
The Challenges of Urbanization in India are unprecedented in scale and significance. The magnitude of the challenge can be understood from the sheer fact that our urban areas may be required to accommodate 250-300 million people in addition to the population that they are already home to at present in …
The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) and the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) have released a preview of guidelines titled “Are We Building Competitive and Liveable Cities?” The guidelines address the development of eco-efficient and sustainable urban infrastructure …
