Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jagan Prasad Tehriya Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 23/05/2025. The applicant has alleged large-scale illegal felling of green trees within the Agra district, Uttar Pradesh. The application revealed instances of illegal tree felling at Fatehabad, Sadar, Kiraoli and Agra …
The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor is one of the largest urban infrastructure development projects of recent times. Here we take an in-depth look at the plan that promises to change the face of India’s urban landscape
As the world urbanizes, global health challenges are increasingly concentrated in cities. Currently, over 80% of the population in Latin America already lives in cities. The African urban population is projected to double in the next decade and China has urbanized in thirty years at a rate it took Europe …
Data from different national and regional surveys show that hypertension is common in developing countries, particularly in urban areas, and that rates of awareness, treatment, and control are low. Several hypertension risk factors seem to be more common in developing countries than in developed regions. Findings from serial surveys show …
Carbon emissions from cities represent the single largest human contribution to climate change. Here we present a vision, strategy and roadmap for an international framework to assess directly the carbon emission trends of the world's megacities.
Cities have largely borne the brunt of the global financial crisis of the last few years, and have relentlessly struggled to keep their heads above water. What does this economic downturn mean for urban infrastructure in India and the world?
The Pink City is now in the midst of an unprecedented level of futuristic infrastructural initiatives, making it not only a tourist’s delight but also an example of urban governance.
Recent decades of globalisation provide a new starting point for the study of south Asia by highlighting critical human issues that force history into the present and generate new productive conversations between history and social science. One fundamental issue is the increasing inequality in wealth and control over human resources, …
Much of the scholarship associated with the “urban turn” in south Asia has focused on the upper middle class or the poor. This study examines social change through the lens of interstitial places and populations. In particular, it focuses on young men who find themselves “in-between” in multiple senses: between …
Visits to seven small towns in north India reveal how paucity of funds, slipshod planning and a dearth of capabilities have contributed to poor civic services and inadequate infrastructure. Citizens in some areas have organised themselves into neighbourhood committees to tackle problems that the urban bodies neglect, but this has …
New Delhi: To keep track of the development being carried out in NCR, the government has commissioned a study based on inputs from satellite imageries. The data, that will show the change in land use between 1999 and 2012, will be used for realistic planning in the region. It will …
ERP Remains Controversial But It Has Been Effective In Singapore New Delhi: In Singapore, when you drive down from Woodlands to Raffles Place via Yishun during peak hours, a beep on the lower right hand side of your windscreen will tell you that the ride cost you 15 Singapore dollars. …
India needs more imaginative governance for its urban densities The future of India lies in its cities, not in its villages, and that fact creates both enormous opportunities and significant challenges. At their best, great metropolises enable the genius of Indian entrepreneurship and provide gateways to the outside world. Yet …
The recent Rio+20 summit raised many issues of global environmental concern. Here we look at commitments and challenges faced by the world in the throes of rapid urbanization
PUNE: Indian cities are extremely ill prepared to address the environmental fallouts of the aggressive building construction that is underway, according to Centre for Science and Environment. A statement issued by the centre said that 70% of the building stock that will be there in 2030 is yet to be …
LUCKNOW: The National Sample Survey Office, Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India will be conducting a survey on drinking water, sanitation, hygiene, housing condition and urban slums from the selected households/slums during its 69th round of survey to be conducted from July 1 to December 31. …
Increasing urban surface temperature due to change of natural surfaces is one of the growing environmental problems in urban areas, especially in cities like Delhi. The present work is an attempt to assess the urban surface temperature in Delhi using remote sensing and GIS techniques. ASTER datasets of thermal bands …
New Delhi: PWD is all set to give a facelift to the roads in the capital. It has submitted a list of 21 proposals to the government’s expenditure finance committee (EFC) headed by chief minister Sheila Dikshit for clearance of funds worth Rs 300 crores. The proposals submitted by the …
Worldwide, there is a need to enhance our understanding of vulnerability and to develop methodologies and tools to assess vulnerability. One of the most important goals of assessing coastal flood vulnerability, in particular, is to create a readily understandable link between the theoretical concepts of flood vulnerability and the day-to-day …
Utilising the modern social network theory, the present descriptive article has examined the art of urbanites’ ‘bowling alone’ in concrete jungles and its negative effect on their social and civic life. Mainly, such a process has resulted in the formation of ‘urban tribes’ characterized by their isolation from the mainstream …
LUCKNOW: Urbanisation has led to migration of poor people from rural to urban areas in want of a better standard of living. By 2030, nearly 50% of the population will stay in urban areas. In order to extend the benefits of BPL (Below Poverty Line) schemes to the poor people, …
