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 …
The increasing rate of slum growth in the Global South is the direct result of an international development paradigm that fails to prioritise the basic needs of the poor. A world without urban poverty cannot be realised without a redistribution of power and resources on the national and global level, …
The Zirakpur-Parwanoo section of National Highway-22 is scheduled to be opened to traffic by January 2011, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has claimed. In the status report filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday, Anil Dahiya, Project Director, NHAI, said there had been a 87.5 …
The Draft Regional Plan 2021 (Draft RPG-21) was submitted to the Government of Goa by the Task Force in September 2008. The Task Force had drawn up a broad based Regional Plan for Goa with an aim to create a
Delhi urban development and finance minister A. K. Walia today underlined the need to find a permanent solution to the problem of accumulation of water at various places across M. B. Pushta Road. He also made it clear that a feasible solution is a must otherwise a number of colonies …
Environment min ister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday assured that action against Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai for violating green norms will be taken in the next two-three days. He said the Maharashtra environment department had denied clearance to the controversial housing society, but it seemed the state urban department gave …
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) on Wednesday held a meeting where the issue of Adarsh cooperative housing society was discussed. MCZMA chairperson and State Environment Secretary Valsa Nair Singh said a report would be submitted to Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh next …
NEW DELHI: A sprawling residential complex being constructed by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and a temporary bus shelter built by the Delhi Transport Corporation were inspected by the Delhi Urban Arts Commission in the Capital on Wednesday. These buildings, ostensibly with
The state environment department has stated that Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society in Colaba never applied for environmental clearance. A 2002 amendment in the Environment Act made it compulsory for all the high-rises to take a green nod. The society was formed in 2003. The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) …
The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) will meet on Wednesday to decide its future course of action against Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society for possible violation of environmental norms.
This new Green Townships Rating System by IGBC addresses large developments like integrated townships and satellite cities says that at least 25% of the total built-up area in a township should be earmarked for residential use to qualify for certification. IGBC Green Townships Rating System is a tool which enables …
In a rapidly urbanizing global society, solid waste management will be a key challenge facing all the world's cities. This publication provides a fresh perspective and new data on one of the biggest issues in urban development. Using the framework of Integrated Sustainable Waste Management, the report presents unprecedented research …
MUMBAI: The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) had first objected to a proposal for the allotment of land to Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society in 1999. The MoEF had been approached by the state urban development (UD) department for an NOC as a ''special case'' for the residential development …
This study, based on the results of the 2009 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, challenges the widely held belief that the situation of urban dwellers in Bangladesh is generally better than those living in rural areas. Historically, most development programmes in Bangladesh have focused on rural areas. However the living conditions …
This publication suggests solutions that can be built into the design of urban development projects undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to address the common problems and grievances of the urban poor, and to improve urban governance overall. It also identifies successful or promising community-based approaches to dispute resolution …
Over the past decade, Asia and the Pacific has made significant progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. However, accelerating climate change is threatening to reverse these gains, and those who are already economically and socially vulnerable are likely to suffer soonest and most. To enable member countries cope with …
This paper examines the policy options for India as it seeks to improve living conditions of the poor on a large scale and reduce the population in slums. Addressing the problem requires first a diagnosis of the market at the city level and a recognition that government interventions, rather than …
The global report Hidden cities: unmasking and overcoming health inequities in urban settings is one important component of the overall WHO and UN-HABITAT strategy to strengthen the response of the local, national and global health communities to reduce health inequities in an increasingly urbanized world. The report exposes the extent …
Mumbai: A letter from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) dated March 11, 2003 is the document that the controversial Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society Ltd is claiming is the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) environmental clearance for the project. However, a senior state environment official has told TOI that …
New Delhi: Adding a new twist to the controversy surrounding Adarsh Housing Society, the Union ministry of environment and forests on Tuesday indicated that it had no records of the 31-storey, 100m tall building in the tony Colaba locality having obtained the necessary environmental clearances. Based on TOI reports, the …
Parking woes still haunt Madgaokars If vehicular parking was an election issue in the Commercial Capital in the 2005 Civic polls, parking is not just an issue in the ensuing polls, but continues to be the major problem facing the city. This is despite the fact that the city is …
