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 chaos on the roads is choking the growth of India's IT capital, Bangalore You just cannot build a competitive economy with pot-holed roads, erratic power supply, choked ports, dirty cities and thirsty villages. It is a bit like batting on a bad wicket: you may be good, but the …
The Mineral Foundation of Goa aims to: address environmental and social issues concerning the communities in the mining belt of Goa through formulation and implementation of developmental programmes; contribute to economic and social development of the local communities by training and capacity building; to facilitate tripartite partnership amongst industry, government …
Over the last decade, governments around the world pursued policies to involve the private sector in the delivery and financing of infrastructure services. The scale of this move away from the hitherto dominant public sector model was far more rapid than had been anticipated at the start of the 1990s. …
Land acquisition legislation in force today is a relic of the colonial era when the wishes of landowners could be ignored. Governments of independent India continued the practice
We present results of an empirical investigation and comparison of housing supply in three rapidly growing countries: Malaysia, Thailand, and Korea. These countries offer three contrasting examples of different approaches to development control. Korea has relatively strict control of housing supply. Thailand has little effective regulation of development. Malaysia offers …
Karno GuhathakurtaIt was a trade exhibition abuzz with the restrained chatter of busy suited executives at company stalls making contacts and finalising deals. Nothing out of place except that this trade was about renewable energy technologies, which have unconventional reasons for growth. First, these technologies are seen as the most …
CSTEP is a private, non-profit organization with a vision to undertake research in engineering, science, and technology where it is relevant to India's economic and human development. We work in subjects such as energy, infrastructure, materials science, information and communications technologies, and security.
Ministry of Physical Planning and Works established in 2000 during the course of the reorganization Government of Nepal. The main aim of reorganization was to bring important infrastructural development under the umbrella of a single Ministry and to harmonize the policies and bring efficiencies and effectiveness in the provision of …
Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport established in 2000 during the course of the reorganization Government of Nepal. The main aim of reorganization was to bring important infrastructural development under the umbrella of a single Ministry and to harmonize the policies and bring efficiencies and effectiveness in the provision of …
