Sudhir Krishna

Boosting Urban Transformation

The maiden budget of the new government for 2024–25 has highlighted cities as the growth hubs and offered many options…

4 months ago

Bengaluru could show the way

Bengaluru, the IT hub of India, is experiencing a water crisis that is indicative of a global issue that puts…

7 months ago

Are cities sitting on a pot of gold?

Cities contribute over two-thirds of the country’s GDP, even though they occupy less than five per cent of the land…

11 months ago

What’s the difference between New York and Tokyo?

It was about twelve years ago that I had visited Tokyo for the first time. Ahead of my travel, I…

1 year ago

Lessons from Delhi floods for all cities

Cities get parched and yearn for water during summers. Paradoxically, the same cities face flooding of the roads and drains…

1 year ago

Asia’s Hill Cities need to become climate resilient

The sharp rise in tourism in Asian hill cities has led to escalation in the supporting infrastructure projects, such as…

2 years ago

Joshimath Land Subsidence Case A lesson for the Himalayan Cities

Joshimath is a typical small town in Uttarakhand with a population of just about 25,000 (16,709, as per Census 2011).…

2 years ago

Metro Rail Projects: Benefits and Challenges

Metro Rail has proved to be one of the most desirable infrastructures for the cities. The National Metro Rail Policy…

4 years ago

Core urban challenges for the ensuing five years

India is urbanising rapidly. While Census 2011 had indicated the urban population to be around 377 million, the United Nations…

5 years ago

Collapse of residential building in Dongri, Mumbai: Lessons for cities

Fourteen people were killed and many more trapped after a decades-old four-storey building collapsed in South Mumbai’s crowded Dongri neighbourhood…

5 years ago