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, …
Chinese government in collaboration with Capital Development Authority (CDA) would construct 44 kilometres cycling track in Islamabad. Talking to APP, a spokesman of CDA said that the authority will promote recreational activities in the city and will make the city more environment-friendly by providing cycling tracks. The Chinese delegation visited …
With increasing urbanisation and pressure of vehicles, the tourist destination of Pokhara and its thriving tourism industry are likely to hit hard by air pollution. This was the upshot of tests carried out by a government team at five places in the city to find measures to manage the local …
Patna is at the bottom of the 50 liveable cities of India, while Mumbai is at the top. According to the latest survey by Institute for Competitiveness, an international agency, Mumbail is followed by Chennai, Hyderababad, Bangalore, New Delhi, Kolkata, Noida, and Gurgaon. Pune and Nagpur which were in the …
Growers have refused to handover their agri land to set up industrial city, saying that several dairy farms and dozens of milk points will be eliminated while families of more than 1,500 growers will be affected by the proposed garment city of the Punjab government. As a matter of fact, …
A detailed project report (DPR) of part of the planned Simara-Tamsariya railway has been held up as the Department of Forest and Chitwan National Park have vetoed it citing environmental concerns. A 7-km stretch of the railroad passes through Chitwan National Park located in south central Nepal. Chitwan is the …
A master plan is to be prepared with an objective to manage rural roads constructed in different villages in Baglung district. The District Development Committee (DDC) is all set to prepare the master plan for the rural road construction after the DDC received complaints from various quarters that roads were …
With the stretch of NH-37 that traverses through the Kaziranga National Park caught in a legal battle, the Union ministry for environment and forest (MoEF) has decided to form a committee to mitigate ecological impact. The decision was taken at an MoEF meet held in New Delhi recently held in …
A holistic perspective on changing rainfall-driven flood risk is provided for the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Economic losses from floods have greatly increased, principally driven by the expanding exposure of assets at risk. It has not been possible to attribute rain-generated peak streamflow trends to anthropogenic climate change …
This report by UN-Habitat has been developed for city planners to better understand, assess and take action on climate change at the local level. Specifically targeted to the needs of planners and allied professionals in low and middle-income countries where the challenges of planning for climate change are particularly high. …
As urban populations grow and climate exposure increases, more cities are introducing formal planning processes to adapt to climate change. The adoption of a conceptual framework for climate resilience offers the prospect of measuring changes in resilience through the development of indicators at the local level. This paper reviews different …
By 2040, global energy demand will increase by 35 percent and nine of the world’s 20 most populous cities — and one of every three people on the planet — will be in China or India. Together these nations account for half of the projected growth in global energy demand, …
This Urban Diagnostic for Bangalore is a review of those existing and future risks and challenges that the city faces, particularly with respect to the growing threat of climate change. Informed by secondary data analysis, and input from key government stakeholders, the city diagnostic begins by laying out current risks, …
According to new analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Administrative Staff College of India, stronger building efficiency codes and ratings programs such as Leadership in Environment and Energy Design (LEED) and Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) in India’s commercial buildings would create enormous energy and …
The Goal of the program is to promote the use of Renewable Energy in Urban Areas by providing support to the Municipal Corporations for preparation and implementation of a Road Map to develop their cities as Solar Cities. The objectives of the programme are: to enable/empower Urban Local Governments to …
China's arable land amounted to 2.03 billion mu (135.4 million hectares) at the end of 2012, 227 million mu more than the bottom line set by the government to ensure food security, according to the result of the second national land survey released on Monday. The three-year survey disclosed, however, …
The use of "green buildings" has increasingly formed a key part of efforts by large firms to improve their corporate image and show their corporate social responsibility (CSR), resulting in more and more of these types of buildings being constructed in Thailand since 2007. The Thai Green Building Institute reports …
The portion of arable land in the country has shrunk by 6.6 per cent in the last one decade as agricultural fields turned into concrete jungle, shows a latest report of the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). The share of arable land in the country fell to 2.29 million hectares …
Lack of parking space in the Federal Capital forced people to turn green belts into illegal parking lots. Motorists are forced to park their vehicles in the green belt areas specifically marked for plantation and designed to keep the environment clean. Areas near the public dealing offices and local hotels …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has constituted a six-member committee to review the proposal of the Assam Government on safeguarding wildlife in relation with the National Highway-37 passing along the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve. The committee has also been assigned the task of reviewing the proposed …
The Maharashtra Government has received Rs 489 crore to improve the rural road network under the Prime Minister’s Gram Sadak Yojana–II . Initially, Maharashtra had received little Union Government assistance under the scheme compared to other states, as the State’s road connectivity was considered satisfactory. However, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan …
