Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Managing risks from extreme events will be a crucial component of climate change adaptation. In this study, demonstrate an approach to assess future risks and quantify the benefits of adaptation options at a city-scale, with application to flood risk in Mumbai. The study follows the broad stages of an
Urbanisation presents us with a wealth of new opportunities and huge challenges. It has the potential to further economic development and innovation, but also threatens to exacerbate key global problems, including resource depletion, climate change, and inequality. Megacities on the move sets out to find solutions to one of the …
For years, the focus on the world's response to climate change has been on nation states, which have been mostly unsuccessful in brokering comprehensive agreements or taking action. Cities, by contrast, are preparing risk assessments, setting greenhouse-gas emission reduction targets, and pledging to act.
Director of the Directorate of Town and Country Planning Pankaj Kumar Bansal (right) speaking at a meeting organised by the Coimbatore District Small Industries' Association on Tuesday. COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Master Plan is expected to be finalised by March next year, Pankaj Kumar Bansal, Director, Directorate of Town and Country …
Mumbai A group of social workers and environmentalists from Pune have filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Bombay High Court against Lavasa Corporation and the state government for alleged irregularity in the Lavasa Township Project. The petitioners alleged that the state government had given the environmental clearance for …
This paper describes the institutional and resource challenges and opportunities in getting different sectors in eThekwini Municipality (the local government responsible for planning and managing the city of Durban) to recognize and respond to their role in climate change adaptation.
Significant lessons can be drawn from grassroots experiences of coping with extreme weather for reducing the vulnerability of the urban poor to climate change. This paper examines the household and community coping strategies used by low-income households living in Korail, the largest informal settlement in Dhaka. This includes how they …
This is the fourth in a series of papers chronicling the negotiations over plans to redevelop Dharavi, Mumbai’s vast informal settlement. It also describes current plans to redevelop land beside Mumbai’s international airport, where more than 85,000 households live on a 110-hectare (275 acres) site. In both these settlements, each …
If climate change is perceived as a global threat, this can mean that too little attention is paid to the ways in which it affects local populations and settlements. This also means too little attention to the importance of locally driven adaptation, both to reduce risks and to be better …
This publication presents a strong argument for innovating urban planning to address the contemporary challenges of rapid urbanization and poverty. It illustrates how UN-HABITAT has worked in a variety of contexts to apply urban planning and design to contribute to sustainable human settlements development, slum prevention, post-disaster and post-conflict reconstruction, …
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday approved the master plan of Amritsar at a meeting of Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Board.
Raghavendra Kamath / Mumbai September 7, 2010, 1:49 IST While activists claim the Lavasa hill-town project has flouted several environmental norms, the company insists it has all the necessary permissions from the state government. The township of Lavasa, spread over 25,000 acres, is embraced by seven hills that girdle its …
A. Srivathsan CHENNAI: The government of Tamil Nadu is considering the Gujarat model of Town Planning scheme to address some of the issues of land acquisition and planned development. The Justice S. Mohan committee has recommended to the government, as part of the proposed amendments to the Tamil Nadu Town …
Mumbai The BMC and Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) have agreed to share their Development Plan (DP) and Concept Plan respectively for better co-ordination, Municipal Commissioner Swadheen Kshatriya said on Monday. In a meeting held with the MMRDA senior officials, both bodies have decided to share information for a …
The main objective of this report is to strengthen understanding of climate-related risks and impacts in coastal megacities in developing countries using case studies of three cities that are different in their climate, hydrological, and socioeconomic characteristics. Specifically, it draws on an in-depth analysis of climate risks and impacts in …
KOCHI: In a boost to its agenda to give a new look to the city through better suburban rail, water, roads and other facilities, the Kochi Corporation has received the approval for its master plan from the Local Self-Government Department.The draft plan, incorporating the best available solutions, will take the …
