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Urban development

  • India’s programme to create 200 urban forests has seen no progress in four years

    India’s programme to create 200 urban forests has seen no progress in four years

    Neeta Lal
    · Jul 20, 2020 · 07:30 pm
  • A gentrified Addis Ababa has no place for street hustlers – the same people who helped build it

    A gentrified Addis Ababa has no place for street hustlers – the same people who helped build it

    Marco Di Nunzio, The Conversation
    · Jul 14, 2019 · 11:30 pm
  • As Karachi strives to become a ‘world-class’ city, its most vulnerable residents pay the price

    As Karachi strives to become a ‘world-class’ city, its most vulnerable residents pay the price

    Nausheen H Anwar
    · Jun 03, 2019 · 08:30 pm
  • City trees reduce daytime heat. To curb sweltering nights, planners must minimise pavements

    City trees reduce daytime heat. To curb sweltering nights, planners must minimise pavements

    Sarah DeWeerdt
    · May 14, 2019 · 11:30 pm
  • As earthquake-wrecked Kathmandu is rebuilt, residents fight to save the city’s heritage and culture

    As earthquake-wrecked Kathmandu is rebuilt, residents fight to save the city’s heritage and culture

    Urmi Sengupta, The Conversation
    · Apr 28, 2019 · 07:30 pm
  • What we can learn about managing our environment from Amazon’s indigenous people

    What we can learn about managing our environment from Amazon’s indigenous people

    Suzanne Oakdale
    · Mar 04, 2019 · 11:30 pm
  • Five maps show why Bengaluru is becoming more congested, parched and polluted

    Five maps show why Bengaluru is becoming more congested, parched and polluted

    Kuwar Singh, qz.com
    · Feb 03, 2019 · 01:30 pm
  • As Bhopal is recast as a Smart City, its poor have a question: where’s the room for us?

    As Bhopal is recast as a Smart City, its poor have a question: where’s the room for us?

    Shreya Roy Chowdhury
    · Jan 28, 2019 · 09:00 am
  • Urban development is the key to controlling the scourge of infectious diseases in India

    Urban development is the key to controlling the scourge of infectious diseases in India

    Olivier Telle, The Conversation
    · Apr 21, 2018 · 02:30 pm
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches Smart City projects in Pune

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches Smart City projects in Pune

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 25, 2016 · 05:38 pm
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