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 world's population of seven billion is set to rise to at least 10 billion by 2100, but could top 15 billion if birth rates are just slightly higher than expected, the United Nations said on Wednesday. In a report ahead of ceremonies on October 31 to mark the seven …
A high-level meeting held here on Friday has decided to consult all political parties on ways to proceed with the proposed trans-Kerala high-speed rail corridor project to link Thiruvananthapuram with Kasaragode. The meeting was preceded by a presentation on the project before the Chief Minister, Mr Oommen Chandy, based on …
The largest ever study to investigate causes of common cancers in India is being carried out through a collaboration between Oxford University in the UK and 12 leading cancer centres in India. Several cancer centres are collaborating in the ambitious project to investigate whether certain factors common in Indian lifestyles …
Bolstered by industrialization, India is projected to grow at a faster clip than neighbouring China with a 9 per cent economic expansion in 2013, says a report by global consultancy firm Ernst & Young. It cautioned, however, that India needs to tackle rising inflation and said the country's growth this …
New Delhi: India is expected to record higher growth than China in 2013 and the two Asian powerhouses are expected to be less impacted among the 25 rapid growth markets in case of a deterioration of the Eurozone debt crisis, a report by Ernst & Young said on Monday. The …
Sri Lanka's Coast Conservation Department has announced that it is to take measures to fine on a daily basis the owners of illegal buildings on the island's coasts till they remove those buildings. Director General of the Coast Conservation Department Anil Premaratne has said that approval has been granted to …
Planners and urban experts on Sunday warned that climate change and sea level rise would displace 30 per cent of country’s population who would be forced come to the cities for their survival. To meet the challenge of climate change and growing influx of climate refugees to the cities, the …
The Bombay high court on Thursday pulled up the Maharashtra government for its inaction and for not taking a stand in the Lavasa case. The court also expressed displeasure at the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), saying the ministry had earlier been given one last chance to come …
The city holds the dubious distinction of being one of the least green metros in the country. With a green cover spread over just 9.5 per cent of its geographic area, Chennai's dream of achieving the goal of 33 per cent urban forest cover by 2012, as envisaged in the …
A massive campaign will be taken up during the next five years, with the assistance of the local public sector units as well as the private sector, to grow 40 lakh trees in and around Visakhapatnam to combat the ill-effects of industrial pollution and haphazard urbanisation, according to Dr T. …
The Malaysian government intends to invest Tk 27,450 crore in building flats, flyover and satellite towns in Bangladesh, said ministers of both the countries at a joint press conference in Dhaka yesterday. The two governments signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard on Tuesday. Malaysia aims to build …
On the 20th of October 2011 the Indian Global Service Society (IGSSS) hosted an expert-meeting on “Energy Access for the Urban Poor in India” at their main office in Delhi. Around 15 participants from 10 different Indian organizations discussed on a whole set of different aspects related to “energy-poverty” in …
Even after spending crores in Project Uday, the streets are not developed yet after laying drinking water and sewage lines under the project. This has turned the 159 crores development project into a scam. High Court has taken the matter seriously now and has demanded answers from the Secretary of …
In a fresh blow to Lavasa, the Environment Ministry Friday refused to grant green clearance to the first phase of the ambitious hill city project near Pune contending that all the pre-conditions were not met. Lavasa Corporation rejected the contention of the Environment Ministry, dubbing its order as "highly dicriminatory …
The State Government intends to set up a company that will deal with construction of roads, according to Mr V. K. Ebrahim Kunju, Minister for Public Works. The State Government will have a 51 per cent stake in the company and the rest will be held by the Kerala Road …
Carbon Dioxide emissions are not just from industry but may be caused by construction especially when there is a lot of new construction. Constructing buildings, power-plants and roads has driven a substantial increase in China's CO2 emission growth, according to a new study involving the University of East Anglia. Fast …
Acting suo motu, Delhi High Court has stayed the decision of one of its judges to set up a panel to monitor maintenance of city roads. A division bench led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra recently stayed the single-judge order and sought a response from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi …
This is the report of the working group on urban poverty, slums, and service delivery system. The Report of the Working Group is laid out in four sections: The Urban Context; Existing Approaches to Urban Poverty Alleviation; Proposed Initiatives for the 12th Five-Year Plan; and Long Term Vision of Inclusive …
The boom in agricultural commodities has turned English farmland into one of the country’s best performing asset classes, outdoing even London’s much-lauded property market. The increase in farmland values, which have grown 204 per cent in the past 10 years, according to research by property agent Knight Frank, comes as …
This new MoEF report documents India’s evolving framework for sustainable development since the 1992 Earth Summit and assesses the achievements and the challenges that the country faces. The year 2012 will mark twenty years since the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) or Earth Summit, held at Rio …
