urban planning

Inflation rises to 4.91% in November, urban regions see a sharp rise

Representative Image NEW DELHI: India’s retail inflation rose for the second month in a row in November 2021, reaching 4.91…

2 years ago

Urban planning can affect cognitive and motor development in children: Study

Representative Image BARCELONA: Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal) conducted a study on health benefits of well-designed urban planning. The…

3 years ago

Financing Africa’s urban development for a sustainable future

Representational image NEW DELHI: South Africa, Kenya, and Ethiopia require an investment of $280 billion to switch to using low-carbon…

3 years ago

Top 10% urban households own Rs 1.5 Cr in assets: NSO survey

Representative Image NEW DELHI: All India Debt and Investment Survey 2019 by National Statistics Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and…

3 years ago

NITI Aayog releases report on urban planning reforms in India

Representative Image NEW DELHI: NITI Aayog, the think tank of the Government of India, on Thursday, September 16, released a…

3 years ago

‘Main Bhi Digital 3.0’ campaign launched for street vendors

Representative Image NEW DELHI: Main Bhi Digital 3.0 – a special campaign for digital inclusion of street vendors, has been…

3 years ago

Stormwater harvesting can protect urban wetlands: CSE

Representational image NEW DELHI: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released a report named ‘Roadmap for Implementation of Water-Sensitive…

3 years ago

Need for sustainable urban planning and River Sensitive Cities: NMCG

Representational image NEW DELHI: Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Director General, National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), in his address on Wednesday,…

3 years ago

African countries need to reform their urban planning laws: UN Habitat

Representative Image NAIROBI: United Nations has urged the various African governments to revise their existing urban planning laws so that…

5 years ago

WRI Ross center launches ‘TheCityFix Learn’ to help city leaders make better decisions

City leaders and professionals around the world face a crush of converging pressures. They are being asked to improve urban…

6 years ago