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Time for an airshed approach in Delhi NCR

Polash Mukerjee Air pollution knows no political boundaries, and this severe problem in the national capital region needs a coordinated airshed approach by all government agencies across state boundaries Delhi is in the news once again for its severe air quality, regularly exceeding 250 µ

A global ‘toilet revolution’ is underway – but it’s polluting water and ignoring the urban poor

Deljana Iossifova, University of Manchester; Purva Dewoolkar, University of Manchester, and Youcao Ren, University of Manchester It’s great that countries are backing the global drive for universal access to sanitation. But at the heart of these aims must be a desire to protect the environment and

Cities , Climate , Disasters , Water / 11/22/2019
A slum after the storm!

How prepared are urban poor to face climate change induced disasters? On the 10th of November, the morning after cyclone Bulbul passed through Odisha coasts, the fear of the storm was still reflecting on faces of people residing in Pandakudia slum in the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.  We visit

Delhi air pollution: Environmental crisis must be seen in conjunction with politics for effective solutions

If things continue in the present manner, India will have all the top 10 slots for the most polluted cities in the world; Delhi, despite its international infamy in the global hall of pollution, is not even in the top 10 in India itself, judging by Central Pollution Control Board data The pollution

A Cape Town lesson for Chennai and other Indian cities facing Day Zero

Day Zero is not necessarily the day when water availability will be zero.  In reality, the kind of water crisis our cities are already in, the Cape Town kind of measures need to be adopted with immediate effect.  On the 1st of August as I landed at Chennai airport, I was expecting some big

VERTICAL FARMING – PROVIDING PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO URBAN CITY CHALLENGES

Ratan Deep Some estimates state that in 50 yrs 70% of the world population will be in “cities”, around 7 billion mouths to feed with a challenging food supply, what if farming moves from its traditional country side towards urban cities. Scientists has been working for this future to address foo

Let’s redefine public spaces, let’s bring back urban forests

There are two important ways in which we can bring in lasting change in the way cities develop: forestry and conservation of water bodies.  The more these resources we have in our cities, the more will be our ability to make the cities grow sustainably while fighting with the impacts of climate

Wind from the sea is changing, cities need to change

City-dwellers can no longer ignore the destruction of coastal green corridors such as the mangrove forests. They can’t either leave all responsibility to the urban local bodies and government.  They have to work with the city authorities on a climate resilient plan and also support the communitie

Electric buses a golden opportunity for India

Aniruddha Bhattacharjee India must not squander this chance, must not repeat the mistakes it made with CNG Back in 1980, Shenzen was a small fishing village in China with 30,000 residents. Today it’s a mega-metropolis of nearly 13 million people. But the economic turnaround did affect the city’s

How a Japanese system can help African cities adapt to climate change

Seth Asare Okyere, Osaka University; Matthew Abunyewah, University of Newcastle, and Stephen Kofi Diko, University of Cincinnati Machizukuri system of Japan, or variations of it, hold great promise for African cities. As Africa continues to experiment with different ways to ensure adequate citizen e

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