The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
UN-Habitat has carried out, through affordable geographic information systems, an estimation of the public space allocated to the street in different cities of the world to focus attention to the need for better spatial planning that gives due attention to streets and public spaces.
To bring down the approval time for real estate projects in the country, the ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation is planning to set up a system of single-window clearances for developers. “The committee on streamlining approval procedures for real estate projects has recommended setting up of a nodal …
According to this 2012-2013 economic survey of Delhi released by the government air and water pollution in the national capital show an alarming increase in recent years. It also revealed some other interesting facts on transport, housing and environment. The 2012-2013 economic survey of Delhi which was tabled in the …
The new land pooling policy, which will encourage active involvement of the private sector, is likely to be tabled for approval at a meeting of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Tuesday. Land pooling is being seen as an alternative to land acquisition by government agencies. It is based on …
India is about to breach the $2 trillion GDP mark, as it works its way through the lower end of the middle-income-nation spectrum. We have yet to recognise that the economic output of a large state like Maharashtra is now as large as the entire Indian economy in the early …
At night, a few thousand feet above sea level, I see India's city lights glow. The nation of 'seven hundred thousand villages' now has nearly a third of its people living in about 8,000 urban areas. On the ground too, the varied stories told by India's cities and towns are …
As the State had performed appreciably along various fiscal parameters amid a slowdown at the national level, Haryana Finance Minister Harmohinder Singh Chattha did not levy any fresh taxes while presenting the Budget for 2013-14 in the Assembly on Friday. To achieve the objective of “Faster, Inclusive and Sustainable Growth” …
VASCO: Vasco MLA and KTC Chairman Carlos Almeida has stated that the state government will get a grant of Rs 100 crore from Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) to develop the Vasco city by the end of next year. “I will also see that Vasco will be free …
The future of urbanization points to increasing agglomeration forces through which towns and cities merge into huge continuously built up areas with variations in the diversity of economic activity. This paper reports the results of a study of urban agglomeration trends in Eastern Africa and the implications for urban policy …
Urban Growth and Spatial Transition in Nepal carries out an initial assessment of Nepal’s urban growth and spatial transformation, with a focus on spatial demographic and economic trends, economic growth drivers, and urban planning and infrastructure challenges. The study aims to stimulate evidence-based policy dialogue on Nepal’s urban transition and …
The main objective of this paper is to analyze the recent past trends and patterns of urbanization, urban economic growth, and urban equity measured by urban poverty and inequality in India. In addition, it reviews the different urban development policies and programmes which are undertaken in different Plan Periods in …
Economic Survey is one of the budget documents which indicates the important economic activities and achievements of the Government. The salient features of the State of the economy of Himachal Pradesh during 2012-13 are presented in Part-I, and statistical tables on various subjects are given in Part-II.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat had promised in its 2012 election manifesto that it will build 50 lakh low-cost houses at a cost of Rs.33,000 crore during the next five years, but the very first Budget of the newly-elected Narendra Modi Government has found just about Rs.4,000 crore …
Social Justice Minister Kumari Selja today said traditional urban planning principles in the form of master plans in India had proved exclusionary and caused fragmentation of societies, unequal opportunities and large dichotomies in the character of spaces. Speaking at the inaugural session of an International Conference on Inclusive Urban Planning …
JAIPUR: Targeting a revenue of more than Rs 800 crore for the financial year 2013-14 , the Jaipur Municipal Corporation ( JMC) on Monday presented the budget with a total outlay of Rs 1,015 crore. Mayor JyotiKhandelwal read out the details amid uproar and protest in hall. In the budget, …
Ahmedabad: Gujarat government has cleared a pilot project worth Rs 252.67 crore to make Ahmedabad slum-free. The clearance came at a meeting of the high-level state steering committee of the urban development mission, chaired by urban development minister Anandiben Patel. The project is to be executed under the centrally-sponsored Rajiv …
Mumbai: The city’s skyline may have more skyscrapers in future if the state authorities consider the central government’s recommendation to review the FSI policy for Mumbai to meet the affordable housing demand. The recommendation came on Monday. Union housing minister Ajay Maken said megacities like Mumbai needed to review the …
The Union Government on Thursday signed an agreement for a $100-million loan with Asian Development Bank (ADB) as the second tranche of Uttarakhand’s urban sector development investment programme. According to an official release here, the loan assistance will support rehabilitation and expansion of basic urban infrastructure in five major urban …
The ambitious project will provide infrastructure facilities at a cost of Rs 2,100 crore The State Cabinet on Thursday gave its nod to implement a project aimed at decongesting Bangalore City by developing eight small towns around it at a cost of Rs 2,100 crore - a move seen as …
Urbanization beyond Municipal Boundaries informs policy priorities to manage India’s urbanization. Incisive analysis of the patterns of India’s urbanization derived from geo-referencing and linking various rounds of the population and economic census highlights rapid suburbanization of people and firms around the country’s largest metropolitan areas. Such spatially detailed analysis of …
