Vijaykumar V

Coastal Cities a sinking feeling

The frenzied pace of life is putting great pressure on cities. While on the one hand climate change impacts present…

8 months ago

Funding the fight against climate change

A few weeks ago several Indian states were to suffer yet again from nature’s fury while others braced for its…

7 years ago

Rurban; best of both worlds

Beyond the cities, there is vitality and energy in smaller towns especially given our vast geographical spread and diversity in…

8 years ago

Urban Infrastructure; going beyond the average citizen

In the face of relentless urbanization, urban service delivery has come under severe pressure in every Indian city. Urban planners,…

8 years ago

Towards 100% renewable Energy

A 2011 study by Stanford University Professor Mark Jacobson and Mark Delucchi stated that it was entirely possible to move…

8 years ago

New Urban Agenda; jobs for all, equality crucial

The New Urban Agenda adopted at the Habitat-III in Quito last month is a visionary, concise, forward looking, actionable document…

8 years ago

A clarion call to action

Every day millions of Indians travel out and come back home using our roads. In 2015, about 146,000 Indians did…

8 years ago

We need Haste; no more time to Waste

Municipal Waste Management is one function which is entirely handled by the ULBs. Waste management in the developing countries need…

9 years ago

Pune to revamp navigability, civic amenities under Smart City mission

‘Pune-The Most Livable City in India’. That is the Vision of Puneites for their City. Citizens were indeed overwhelmed with…

9 years ago