Cities contribute over two-thirds of the country’s GDP, even though they occupy less than five per cent of the land…
It was about twelve years ago that I had visited Tokyo for the first time. Ahead of my travel, I…
Cities get parched and yearn for water during summers. Paradoxically, the same cities face flooding of the roads and drains…
The sharp rise in tourism in Asian hill cities has led to escalation in the supporting infrastructure projects, such as…
Joshimath is a typical small town in Uttarakhand with a population of just about 25,000 (16,709, as per Census 2011).…
Metro Rail has proved to be one of the most desirable infrastructures for the cities. The National Metro Rail Policy…
India is urbanising rapidly. While Census 2011 had indicated the urban population to be around 377 million, the United Nations…
Fourteen people were killed and many more trapped after a decades-old four-storey building collapsed in South Mumbai’s crowded Dongri neighbourhood…
The 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference was the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention…
The concept of smart cities is now closer to the ground and has brought the core framework issues in sharper…