Anjali Dhamale of Chinchpada village is a worried woman. Her household of 11 people that makes a living by growing rice and rearing fish and poultry is one of the many hundreds of families who will be uprooted because of the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA). The people of Chinchpada village would be resettled… Continue reading Navi Mumbai in airport India ignores climate resilience
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Cities need to invest in living infrastructures to be climate resilient
It is being increasingly admitted that cities need to have living infrastructure in order to be able to deliver social, environmental and economic services to their inhabitants. COP 23, the UN Climate Change Conference at Bonn, held during 6th to 17th November this year, brought together over 16,000 participants, including about 9,200 government officials, 5,500… Continue reading Cities need to invest in living infrastructures to be climate resilient
Bhutan’s Shingkhar-Gorgan highway: development versus environment?
Chencho Dema and Peky Samal A proposed highway that would run through one of Bhutan’s key national parks to one of the least developed areas, epitomises the difficult balance between development and the environment The saga of the 55-kilometre Shingkhar-Gorgan highway began eight years during Bhutan’s first democratically elected government. Now, the road – or… Continue reading Bhutan’s Shingkhar-Gorgan highway: development versus environment?
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