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An outdated drainage system and the depletion of mangroves have severely crippled the city’s natural defences against floods.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

Singapore’s plan to dig up a historic cemetery for a highway has angered citizens

Bukit Brown is scheduled to be cleared for housing by 2030.

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· Jan 07, 2019 · 11:30 pm

In the UK, cities are charging workplaces for parking spaces to help fund local infrastructure

The workplace parking levy is a simple idea, but tricky to implement.

Stephen Parkes, The Conversation

· Oct 05, 2018 · 08:30 pm

Can China’s Xiong’an New Area really live up to its billing as the ‘city of the future’?

Perhaps not.

Li Jing

· Jul 15, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Pune tops list in urban governance survey, Bengaluru and Chennai among bottom five

The civic bodies of Kolkata and Thiruvananthapuram also performed well in the Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 15, 2018 · 08:59 am