In this report, ESCAP explores the future of urbanization in Asia and the Pacific, focusing on the dynamic shifts in the region’s urban landscape. It highlights the region’s demographic transformations, including population ageing, and the persistent challenges of urban poverty and inequality. The analysis covers urban areas of all sizes, …
Report on solid waste management in the urban local bodies in Odisha in pursuance of orders of Honourable National Green Tribunal (NGT) dated 15/01/2015.
The City is in the grip of a cold wave condition, with Bengalureans experiencing dry chill weather and teeth-chattering winds since Saturday. According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) officials, this will continue on Tuesday also. Speaking to Deccan Herald, IMD Bengaluru Director B Puttanna said: “This is for the …
2015 is the International Year of Soils. This Soil Atlas shows what can succeed and why the soil should concern us all. The report, co-published with Heinrich Böll Stiftung, the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam and Le Monde Diplomatique, draws on facts and figures on the significance …
PM Modi to head panel that will give strategic advice On New Year’s Day, the Modi government set up NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) in place of the Planning Commission. The Prime Minister will head the new institution tasked with the role of formulating policies and direction for …
Urbanization likely to impact ground water quality and quantity leading to higher uncertainty and difficulties in management of pollution. Results yielding a good indication but the scenario demands continuous surveillance of waste water disposal from unauthorized discharges from small scale industries in Balanagar, Jeedimetla and Sanathnagar industrial development areas into …
NITI Aayog will seek to provide a critical directional and strategic input into the development process In accordance with a key announcement made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Independence Day, the Union Government today established NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India), as replacement for the Planning Commission. This …
The Building Bye-Laws shall apply to the building activity in the State/Urban Center/Town for which they are framed. Except hereinafter or otherwise provided, these Bye-Laws shall apply to all development, redevelopment, erection and/or re-erection of a building etc. as well as to the design, construction of, or reconstruction and additions …
The impacts of global change can be felt by local communities during both short-term events such as intense storms and long-term changes such as rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns. Natural disasters related to hydrometeorology are likely to increase in severity, while in coastal areas sea-level rises require serious attention. …
Indian cities are exposed to a new pattern of climate-related disaster risks. Floods in Srinagar in September 2014, triggered by extreme rainfall, were the deadliest to hit the valley in the last 60 years. The port city of Visakhapatnam, ground zero of Cyclone Hudhud in October 2014, was the first …
This note summarises the analysis and assumptions underlying the emission reduction estimates, including the principles, scope and limitations of the analysis. The New Climate Economy project has estimated the extent of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions that could result by 2030 from undertaking some of the measures and actions discussed …
In 2000 Ethiopia had one of the highest poverty rates in the world, with 56 percent of the population living on less than United States (U.S.) $1.25 purchasing power parity (PPP) a day. Ethiopian households experienced a decade of remarkable progress in wellbeing since then and by the start of …
Bangladesh alongwith Sierra Leone and South Sudan led a ranking of countries facing extreme risks as a result of climate change, exacerbating the chances of civil conflict, according to a study by Maplecroft. Read more in December 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment,Bangladesh. ENVIRONMENT Visiting Assistant …
Urbanisation in Mumbai has led to the rise in ‘extreme rainfall’ instances in the city, finds a study by IIT-B professors. Comparing the weather pattern in urban Mumbai and relatively non-urban Alibaug during the periods 1969–88 and 1989–2008, researchers found that higher temperature (post-urbanization) in the atmosphere of Mumbai accumulates …
Part of a series of four entitled Urban Patterns for a Green Economy, this guide explores the compact city and its benefits within the developed and developing world’s contexts. The guide illustrates how the compact city concept and planned (versus unplanned) urban extension can support sustainable urban patterns that benefit …
Atkins is developing a City Action Plan for Madurai which will be specifically tailored to the city around blue-green infrastructure. Madurai Corporation and a wide range of city stakeholders have been involved in developing and shaping the Action Plan. This action plan defines a strategy and a number of constituent …
This latest report released by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) highlights the dismal living conditions of the people in urban slums of India and focuses on- drinking water, sanitation, hygiene and the housing conditions. Read this report, related reports, documents and more...
Exploit a unique panel of 75 metro areas (‘cities’) across the globe and employ a city-fixed effects model to identify the determinants of within-city changes in air pollution concentration between 2005 and 2011. Increasing car and population densities significantly reduce air pollution concentration in city centers where air pollution induced …
The Future Proofing Indian Cities project represents the first time that evidence on the holistic set of risks and possible solutions to target specific vulnerabilities to risks has been explored for Bangalore and Madurai using the Future Proofing Cities methodology. The project will ultimately provide improved guidance on how these …
PANAJI: National green tribunal (NGT) has directed the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), the state of Goa and Goa coastal zone management authority (GCZMA) to file their affidavits in the issue of construction of the Keri-Tiracol bridge. NGT has also ordered the forest department to inspect the site. …
KOLKATA: A massive tree-felling operation in the heart of the city by multiple government agencies threatens to turn one of Kolkata's most congested and polluted stretches into a heat island. The felling drive, one of the largest in recent years, is ostensibly being undertaken on three roads in Park Circus …
