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

But Pune’s Warje forest and Delhi’s Aravalli park offer good models for growth.

Neeta Lal

· Jul 20, 2020 · 07:30 pm

Road test: Nine Indian cities among top 100 with worst street connectivity

Poor road connectivity is associated with longer commutes and increased pollution.

Jameela Ahmed, IndiaSpend.com

· Feb 27, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Navi Mumbai airport: ‘How can development risk such damage to people, economy and ecology?’

After prolonged delay, work has begun on levelling hills and ground, and diverting Ulwe river.

Nikhil S Dixit

· Oct 24, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Map: How Bangalore’s IT sector flowered from a princely state Diwan’s industrial dream in 1911

The city’s high-tech present can be traced back to the network of institutions established by M Visvesvaraya, diwan of the princely state of Mysore.

Aditi Dey

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Anish Pendharkar

· Oct 12, 2019 · 06:30 am

Does Delhi’s land pooling plan give owners a better deal than similar schemes in other cities?

The capital’s policy envisions land owners retaining the bulk of their land, with the state helping to ensure development.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Aug 19, 2019 · 06:30 am

Mumbai’s Koli fisherfolk are relieved the courts have stalled the coastal road project

Worried that land reclamation would end their traditional livelihood, the city’s Koli community say one-time compensation is unacceptable and insufficient.

Nikhil S Dixit

· Aug 16, 2019 · 08:30 pm

How can Mumbai ease its flooding problem? By sparing land just 1% the size of Bandra-Kurla Complex

India’s financial capital should take inspiration from Japan, which has come up with several ideas to harvest rainwater and reduce flooding.

Apekshita Varshney

· Aug 01, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Another monsoon, another deluge: Why Mumbai gets inundated nearly every year

An outdated drainage system and the depletion of mangroves have severely crippled the city’s natural defences against floods.

Kanchan Srivastava

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Aditi Tandon

· Jul 10, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Mumbai: CAG criticises BMC’s flood preparedness, says drains can only handle 25 mm rain per hour

The report, tabled in the Maharashtra Assembly, pointed out that a master plan for the storm water disposal system has not been updated in six years.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 03, 2019 · 11:28 am

What urban planners today can learn from Leonardo da Vinci’s 15th-century ‘ideal city’ design

The Renaissance artist’s city contained design features and engineering works not realised until hundreds of years after he died.

Alessandro Melis, The Conversation

· May 07, 2019 · 09:30 pm

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

State agencies that provide civic amenities have not kept pace with the city’s expansion and property developers have added to the problem.

Kuwar Singh, qz.com

· Feb 03, 2019 · 01:30 pm

India’s missing middle: Large villages are losing out on growth opportunities because of ‘rural’ tag

These grey settlements, classified as large and very large villages in Census 2011, are home to around 190 million people.

Arindam Jana, IndiaSpend.com

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Archita S, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 23, 2019 · 07:30 pm