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, …
JAIPUR: A delegation of the European Union MP and European Commission met chief minister Ashok Gehlot here on Thursday. The delegation admired the effective implementation of the water projects worth Rs 450 crore, funded by the European Commission, in the state. The 11-member delegation headed by Bill Newton Dunn is …
Urbanisation, influx of pilgrims, fertilizer-intensive farming, and indiscriminate sand-mining have impacted on the water quality of Manimala river, a major source of drinking water in Kottayam and Pathanamthitta districts. A report published in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, an international journal devoted to progress in the use of monitoring data in …
MRTS can carry up to 20,000 people an hour: Natpac study Monorail, a mass rapid transit system (MRTS) mooted for the city, is expected to reduce dependence on personalised modes of transport and take away 40 per cent of the present vehicular traffic off the road. The monorail has been …
News editors from 18 Asian countries deliberated media’s role in fighting climate change in a two-day conference “Himalayan system in a changing climate future and media’s role” which ended yesterday in Kathmandu, Nepal. The receding Himalayan glaciers, rising temperatures, glacial lake outburst flood, and rapid urbanisations were some of the …
One of the major problems faced in underdeveloped settlements is lack of sanitation. A project initiated by the author seeks to bring about sanitation solutions through community participation and retrofitting systems. This project was undertaken in Savda Ghevra, a community on the edge of Delhi as part of the author’s …
Preparations for the Rio+20 United Nations conference on sustainable development have begun, but the first round of preparatory meetings did not address important issues such as sustainable resource use, production and consumption.
The lifeline of Pakistan – renewable water resources – were decreasing toward a dangerous level that could go as low as 550 cubic metres per person by the end of 2025, said a UN report. According to the United Nations’ ‘World Water Development Report’, total actual renewable water resources in …
Ahmedabad: Tribal districts, which were the torch-bearers for the girl child in Gujarat, boasting of a far healthier number of girls in 0-6 age group, too have shown a decline in the past decade. Sociologists see this trend as alarming as almost all non-tribal districts in Gujarat are already reeling …
World population growth is projected to be concentrated in megacities, with increases in social inequality and urbanization-associated stress. São Paulo Metropolitan Area (SPMA) provides a forewarning of the burden of mental disorders in urban settings in developing world. The aim of this study is to estimate prevalence, severity, and treatment …
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday said that a State Urban Health Mission would be launched to provide comprehensive health services in the urban areas particularly targeting the slum areas. He also announced that under the Indira Bal Swasthya Yojana (IBSY) free treatment would be provided to all …
The government would establish an authority named 'Expressway Development Authority' to deal with the activities related to expressways, Port and Highways Deputy Minister Nirmala Kothalawala said in Parliament yesterday. He also revealed that the construction of the Southern Expressway from Galle to Matara and the outer circular road of Colombo, …
The population dynamics of endemic cholera in urban environments—in particular interannual variation in the size and distribution of seasonal outbreaks—remain poorly understood and highly unpredictable. In part, this situation is due to the considerable demographic, socioeconomic, and environmental heterogeneity of large and growing urban centers. Despite this heterogeneity, the influence …
Bangladeshi women farmers in rainbow-bright saris survey their flooded rice paddies with dismay: the rains have drowned the tender seedlings and, with them, their livelihoods. Climate change, ill-judged policies, protectionism, urbanisation and plain greed have all conspired to reignite Malthusian prophesies of a growing world population unable to feed itself. …
Despite rapid urbanization, the herpetofauna population of Guwahati has not been severely affected. There are some 63 species of herpetiles in this Assam city. "This is good news and can be termed as one of the best average populations," said herpetofauna researcher Jayaditya Purkayastha after release of his book "Urban …
Roads play important role in communication system, development process and promotion of economic activities of the nation. The present government has undertaken efforts and chalked out a plan to not only improve the existing road network of the province but also provide big roads under Sindh Road network Master Plan. …
This summary of the fifth Global Environment Outlook report released by UNEP focuses on deteriorating state of the global environment and lists priority areas for action and policy recommendations. The UNEP has released the Global Environment Outlook-5 (GEO-5) Summary for Policy Makers, which was negotiated and endorsed by governments on …
Urbanization leaves hundreds of millions of children in cities excluded from vital services, UNICEF warns in this annual report on State of the World’s children. Urges governments to put children at the heart of urban planning & to improve services for all. More than a billion children, or over half …
This publication recognize the challenges and constraints faced by city dwellers in making heart healthy choices, particularly children. It also dispel the myth that cardiovascular (CVD) can be prevented through “simple” behaviour changes. To address the worldwide burden posed by CVD and to ensure sustainable development in cities, the report …
Smaller Indian cities, as they grow, have the chance to avoid the pitfalls of the megacities. Early experiments in low-carbon city planning in Mysore, Madurai and Jaipur could offer interesting lessons, writes Hari Pulakkat With tree-lined streets, ancient buildings, a vibrant culture and clean environment, Mysore is one of the …
Boost to protection of green belt around Bangalore In a big boost to the protection of green belt around Bangalore, the State Minor Irrigation Department has taken up a project to rejuvenate and fence 18 tanks located within the green belt limits, after clearing encroachments. The department has already completed …
