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, …
The Alakolaveva-Padiyapelalla road development project was launched by Private Transport Minister C. B. Ratnayaka recently. A fund of Rs. one million has been allocated for the project carried out in the divisional secretariat area of Valapane in the Valapane electorate of the Nuwara Eliya district.
New Delhi : In the decade spanning 2001-2011, the urban population of India grew annually by 2.8% adding 9.1 crore people to India’s population residing in cities. According to an Assocham study, this urban population is expected to grow up to 590 million by 2030, accounting for nearly 40% of …
KOLHAPUR: Environmentalists from the southern Maharashtra have demanded that the existing laws should be effectively used to protect the ecologically-sensitive Western Ghats. They have also warned that the further deterioration of the forests in Western Ghats will lead to the unbearable climatic conditions in coming years. The environmentalists spoke about …
Despite a stay order by the Lahore High Court (LHC), the Punjab government could not get the work on a road in the Salt Range stopped, Dawn has learnt. Having a support of a member of the National Assembly, Pakistan Public Works Department (Pak PWD) recently started work on 11.83 …
The High Court order that earlier declared illegal the Ashiyan City Housing Project in Uttara here and asked its authorities to stop selling plots, filling land and doing other business activities stood, as the Supreme Court passed “no order” on a petition filed by the aggrieved company seeking a stay …
The Union urban development department will study all the incomplete projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and find a `solution' to get the works done. The mission's deadline ended on March 31, this year and the new government has not announced its stand about the second …
The west-flowing rivers Vaitarna, Patalganga, Ulhas, Balganga and their tributaries such as Tansa, Bhasta and Barvi are used as sources of drinking water. The quality of water in west-flowing rivers in the state, some of which are sources of drinking water supply to Mumbai, has been consistently poor for the …
Rural Road Development Project in the Eastern Province. Not only were we able to rehabilitate 61km more than originally planned within the same fund allocation, but also completed all the works one year ahead of loan expiry" Sarath Abeygunawardane, Chief Secretary of Eastern Provincial Council said in his opening remarks …
The widespread loss of greenery to the ongoing road expansion drive in Kathmandu Valley is set to be reverted beginning with a section on the 2.2km road spanning Maitighar and Tinkune. Trees, shrubs and herbaceous species will provide much-valued greenery to 350 metres of the road in the first phase …
As India is expected to witness rapid urbanisation, the new government at the Centre needs to take stringent measures to ensure use of green technology in the construction and realty space, according to experts. "After a period of slowdown, we now expect to see a growth in the construction and …
The concerns about depleting green cover and increasing air pollution in the national Capital have made the Delhi Forest Department launch a massive plantation drive soon. The drive will witness plantation of 7.5 lakh saplings in the current financial year, besides free distribution of four lakh saplings. The focus of …
Renowned Skin Specialist, Institute of Skin Diseases Sindh (ISDS), Dr Manzoor H Memon, has said about 15 percent population of Sindh was suffering from skin diseases and urbanization was considered the major factor behind the prevalence of such diseases. He told PPI here that skin problems are considered a global …
This paper documents a significant impact of climate variation on urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa, primarily in more arid countries. By lowering farm incomes, reduced moisture availability encourages migration to nearby cities, while wetter conditions slow migration. The paper also provides evidence for rural-urban income links. In countries with a larger …
This new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers analyses the scale of current infrastructure investment and also assesses the prospects for future investment from now to 2025 across 49 of the world’s largest economies including India. Says that India will add another 500 million to its urban population over the next four decades …
There is an emerging consensus that urbanisation is critically important to international development, but considerable confusion over what urbanisation actually is; whether it is accelerating or slowing; whether it should be encouraged or discouraged; and, more generally, what the responses should be. This working paper reviews some key conceptual issues …
This report documents the process and findings of a series of participatory Vulnerability Assessments (VAs) undertaken as part of the Mekong Building Climate Resilience in Asian Cities (M-BRACE) program. M-BRACE is a four-year collaboration to strengthen the capacity of city stakeholders to assess changing patterns of vulnerability that arise out …
Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship & Democracy released the 2nd Edition of the Annual Survey of India's City-Systems (ASICS). ASICS 2014 is an objective benchmarking exercise of Indian cities and undoubtedly the most comprehensive evaluation of Urban India. Covering 21 cities, the survey throws up interesting insights on citizen participation, public …
Locals of Lagam-5 in Surkhet district are constructing road at their own initiatives. They are active in constructing road from Lagam-Dharas road section. The Users' Committee decided that local teachers and officials have to provide salary of a month for the same. Chairman of the Users' Committee, Bhim Bahadur Tiruwa, …
The present Maharashtra Human Development Report (MHDR) 2012 keeps the spirit of the Eleventh and Twelfth Five Year Plans of ‘faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth’ at the core of its analysis. MHDR 2002 was the state’s first effort in focusing on the prevailing human development scenario in the spheres …
