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 government has made a comprehensive planning for the fiscal year 2013-14 to provide basic necessities of life to check the increasing pressure on the existing deteriorating infrastructure. In this regard, the government has allocated Rs 12 billion to achieve national goals relating to urban development. During the year, focus …
Road construction is in progress under the JAICA programme in the Akkaraipattu Municipal Council area. A supervisory committee has been appointed to monitor the construction of concrete roads within the municipal area. A progress review meeting was held at the Municipal Council presided by Eastern Province Road Development Irrigation Housing …
President Dr Mohamed Waheed has said 66 km roads would be constructed in 10 islands, under the road construction project which was initiated about two years ago. He made this remark while speaking at the inauguration ceremony of Vilufushi road construction project. The President also noted that this road construction …
President Mohamed Waheed Hassan has said 66 kilometer roads would be constructed in 10 islands, under the road construction project which was initiated about two years ago. He made this remark while speaking at the inauguration ceremony of Vilufushi road construction project. The President also noted that this road construction …
After a strong warning from UNESCO, concerned government bodies have decided to close the open track from Tilganga passing though the Sleshmantak forest and to redesign the chimney from electric crematorium in the Pashupati area. The UNESCO listed Kathmandu valley monuments including with Pashupati and Lumbini in 1979. The world …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to sanction Rs 1800 crore to develop key roads in Manipur, including the 110 Km Imphal-Moreh section of National Highway 2. The Manipur component amount comes under the Regional Co-operation and Integration (RCI) project of the bank and the Indo-Myanmar connectivity has included …
The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) was launched on 3rd December, 2005 with the objective of reforms driven and fast track development of cities across the country, with focus on bringing about efficiency in urban infrastructure, service delivery mechanisms, community participation and accountability of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) …
President Dr Mohamed Waheed has today inaugurated the road development project of Thaa atoll Vilufushi. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, President Waheed said the project was part of the nationwide road development project. He said 9 roads of Vilufushi would be developed under the project. President also said the road …
Even as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to appoint a consultant for the Rs 8,000 crore coastal road project, opposition from the local fishing community is intensifying. Representatives from 15 fishing colonies along the coastline are planning to hold a dharna in front of the Municipal Commissioner's office …
Karnataka is setting up a Natural Calamities Relief Fund with a corpus of Rs 125 crore to reduce hardships of the people hit by such disasters besides meeting the demands of the affected districts. This will cover man-made disasters which are not covered under the Centre's state disaster response fund …
The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief took a massive communication development programme in the district during the current fiscal year, reports BSS. Under the programme, construction of 38 bridges and culverts has been going on at a cost of Tk over 7 crore 38 lakh in all the 12 …
The paper provides a review of the literature that links housing, housing finance, and economic development. The housing sector may support poverty reduction and inclusive growth in two general ways. First, housing construction contributes to economic output, creates employment, and generates a demand for materials and related services. Second, improved …
Managing solid waste is one of the major challenges in urbanization. A survey conducted in all 58 municipalities of Nepal in 2012 found that the average municipal solid waste generation was 317 grams per capita per day. This translates into 1,435 tons per day or 524,000 tons per year of …
The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) has the mandate, inter alia, to conserve/restore urban lakes/water bodies, re-use and re-cycle waste water, etc. These are important factors, some oft forgotten, and have been summed up in the “Advisory on conservation and restoration of water bodies in urban areas” by CPHEEO for …
The report, titled 'Low Carbon City: A Guidebook for City Planners and Practitioners,' provides basic guidance to city level policy makers, urban planners, transport planners and consultants. The guidebook focuses on: the meaning of "low carbon" in the context of long-term global climate stabilization target; low carbon scenarios and alternate …
This executive summary provides an overview of methodologies and findings of vulnerability assessments undertaken in 20 Indian cities as well as recommendations for future actions.
Number of households has risen from 53.69 per cent in 2001 to 78.86 per cent in 2011. As the government gears up to meet the overall housing shortfall of nearly 18.7 million in the urban areas, a statistical compendium of households with basic amenities, including water, electricity and sanitation, better …
The rich diversity of spiders in the Melghat forest reserve is facing severe threat from trading, urbanisation and forest fires among other factors that have led to a drop in their numbers in the region. Researchers from the Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University working in the forest area for over …
There is a need to adapt measures to cultivate in a situation where land and water are depleting, without causing damage to the environment: V-C Groundwater accounts for more than 60 per cent of the total agricultural water use and more than 80 per cent of drinking water requirements. Climate …
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has agreed to provide a US$ 30 million loan to Bangladesh to fund a road expansion project in the country, said an ADFD statement. When implemented under the South Asia Sub-regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Road Connectivity Project, it will upgrade the 70-km portion of …
