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 Asian Coalition for Community Action Program (ACCA) is a three-year program of the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR), and the program’s target is to support a process of city-wide upgrading in 150 Asian cities. Community people are the primary doers in planning and implementing projects in which they …
The paper attempts a stock taking of urbanization in the post colonial period in India and critically examines the scenarios projected by international and national agencies. The policies and programmes of the government have been reviewed while analyzing the variations in demographic growth across size categories of urban centres and …
The Western Ghats is one of the world’s most heavily populated biodiversity hotspots providing for and supporting 400 million people. However, these diverse freshwater ecosystems face many threats because of untrammelled economic development. In most instances the development planning process does not consider the requirements of these freshwater ecosystems, mainly …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy entrusted ADaRSH with the formulation and development of guidelines and benchmarks for Large Developments including educational institute campuses, housing societies and townships, residential campuses, etc. The broad objectives of the study are: To study and analyse trends in large campus development guidelines both …
In order to enhance the adaptive capacities of its population to climate change and ensure sustainable development with inclusive growth, the Government of Madhya Pradesh has drafted its State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC), in which it envisages to factor in climate change concerns in its developmental planning and …
Govt. of Delhi has initiated the process to prepare the framework of development planning for the national Capital Territory of Delhi for the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17). Within the approach for people's participation in development process, Government has decided to invite suggestions from the Citizens of Delhi, NGOs Voluntary …
Review of current practices and criteria used to integrate environmental and social aspects into urban infrastructure development processes in cities in Asia and the Pacific.
The UNDP has launched a guide titled "Paving the Way for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure: Guidance for Practitioners and Planners," which aims to help decision makers in developing countries adapt their national public infrastructure to climate change. The guide is part of a series of publications for decision makers in developing countries …
The fourth ‘Global Initiative for Restructuring Environment and Management’ (GIREM) leadership summit that started in Goa yesterday, will conclude on October 1. The topics of the summit include waste management, land use policies and choice of appropriate business destinations, which will be discussed by industry experts at the conference. The …
ITANAGAR: Even as there is a hue and cry over the pathetic condition of roads in the State capital caused by incessant rainfall this monsoon, the State Government today released Rs 17 crore non-plan grant for their repair and maintenance. Finance and Planning Minister Kalikho Pul today while announcing the …
THE Maharashtra government seems to be dragging its feet over imposing sanctions on the developers of the country’s first planned hill city. The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) had sent a letter to the state environment ministry on June 10 directing it to take action against Lavasa for …
Kollam has become the first City Corporation in the State to finish the preliminary work including surveying and mapping of slums in the run-up to the rollout of the Rs 350-crore Rajiv Awaz Yojna (RAY) scheme. Based on the socio-economic survey which will be completed fully by August 15, the …
Union ministry ‘abdicated its responsibility regarding environmental clearance of such buildings’: CAG The CAG has found that the urban development department of the Maharashtra government misinterpreted information from the Union Environment Ministry as “no objection”. The auditor also finds that the Environment Ministry “abdicated” its responsibilities and the lack of …
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, announced a mass cleaning programme in Chennai and its suburbs. In a ‘Suo Motu’ statement in the Assembly today, the Chief Minister, said that following an aerial survey of the city on August 5, she has decided to launch a concerted effort …
The present Report contains the findings of the examination by audit of the Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society. The Report emanates from the scrutiny of files and documents pertaining to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Defence Estates and Local Military Authorities of Mumbai and Departments and Agencies of Government of …
A sum of Rs. 1000 crore is expected to be received from the Union Government under Rajiv Awas Yojna, which aims at making available their own dwellings to the urban poor. Berasia Road and Chhola Road in Bhopal will be converted into four-lane roads for the convenience of people. This …
MUMBAI: With civic elections round the corner, the Democratic Front (DF) government announced a CID probe into the multi crore drain cleaning contracts awarded by the Shiv Sena-BJP ruled BMC. Bhaskar Jadhav, minister of state for urban development, announced the probe during a discussion in the legislative assembly. Jadhav said …
LUCKNOW: Be prepared for a rude shock when you get your water tax bill. Thanks to Lucknow Jal Sansthan's decision to add arrears since 2002, the bill will at least be three to four times more than what you paid last year. The water tax is approximately 12.5% of the …
In the Municipal Council budget, nothing was earmarked for slums. At that time, Executive Officer K K Jain reasoned that the slums were on Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) land for non-allocation of funds. Now, a special grant of Rs 70 lakh has been sanctioned by the state government for …
This paper explores some of the emerging issues that cities in the developing world confront as they begin to develop plans and strategies to adapt to the effects of global climate change. The emphasis is on low-income populations, both those now settled in cities and those still to migrate from …
