Cities
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. […]
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Cities
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 […]
Cities
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 […]
Cities
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 […]
Cities
Climate’s ‘time bomb’ for world’s groundwater has some serious lessons for Indian cities
Extreme weather events such as droughts and heavy precipitation days are two of the major impacts of global warming. These events, whose frequency and […]
Aid
Alliance to Harness Tech Disruptions in Urban Transport
Urban mobility disruptions have far-reaching effects, affecting labor, land use, government finances, safety and access to opportunity for millions
Cities
Garbage menace: Why should urban planners in India take the Court observations seriously?
Garbage dumping yards are piling up across the country. Our municipal bodies are dumping the solid wastes irresponsibly, and most of the times illegally, […]
Cities
India needs big policy push for treatment and reuse of urban wastewater
News of water scarcity fuels a lot of hue and cry in the nation, however when it comes to discussions about solutions we find […]
Cities
Asian Cities pollute our Seas the most, must act together to curb it!
Eight of the ten rivers, that carry almost 95 percent of all the plastic debris into the Seas, are from Asia. Ganges and Indus […]
Cities
Informal Cities and Climate Resilience: building an inclusive approach
Informal settlements in cities of the developing world fare very poor under the ‘risk reducing’ infrastructure parameters of the IPCC. Climate change has brought […]
Sustainable Business
Building for green growth in Thailand
Thailand seems likely to emerge as a model of green building in Asia, a region that is urbanizing more rapidly than any other in […]
Cities
World scientists, local leaders map research agenda for cities and climate change
The Cities IPCC Cities and Climate Change Science Conference, hosted by the City of Edmonton, culminated with the establishment of a global blueprint to […]
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