Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

Energy balance of a suburban vegetated area in a tropical city - Delhi

Energy balance measurements were carried out in a suburban vegetated areas of southern part of Delhi. These measurements were made on several days during winter and summer of 1998 and 1999 respectively.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2008
Yashvant Das, Padmanabhamurty
Journal of Environmental Science & Engineering
50
2
103
Tags:
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer, Atmosphere, Urban Habitat, Green Spaces, Flora, Delhi

Firms join hands for GreenSpaces

ITT India, a subsidiary of ITT Corporation, today signed an MoU with Selecto Systems Pvt Ltd to help make GreenSpaces, the most energy-efficient commercial building in the world.

Publication Date: 
17/03/2008
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Building Technology, Green Spaces, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Faridabad (D)
Environment

Synthetic turf - Health debate takes root

In Little League dugouts, community parks, professional athletic organizations, and international soccer leagues, on college campuses and neighborhood playgrounds, even in residential yards, the question being asked is "grass or plastic?' The debate is over synthetic turf, used to blanket lawns, park spaces, and athletic fields where children and adults relax and play; the questions are whether synthetic turf is safe for human and environmental health, and whether its advantages outweigh those of natural grass.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2008
Luz Claudio
Environmental Health Perspectives
116
3
0
Tags:
Rubber, Health Effects, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Impacts, Green Spaces, Waste Conversion, Pesticide Use, Grasses

Residents move HC against DMRC

The Azadpur Gaon Welfare Association has urged the Delhi High Court to halt the project of building a mall-cum-Metro station by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) at Ring Road Azadpur as it is being built at the reserved green area. Puneet Mittal, counsel for the petitioner Rai Singh Rana said according to the master plan, the area where the DMRC is building its station is earmarked for the green belt and the private builders and public authorities have connived to violate all norms to obtain prior sanction before the construction.

Publication Date: 
20/02/2008
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Green Spaces, Urban Transport, Metro, High Court, Delhi

World's first green city' in UAE desert

London: The construction work on the world's first "green city' has started in the Gulf. Masdar City, on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi city in the United Arab Emirates, will be zero-carbon, zero-waste and car-free. The city will be built at a cost of

Publication Date: 
12/02/2008
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Green Spaces, United Arab Emirates
India

 Mumbai's open spaces in limbo

there is very little clarity and much wrangling between Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and the Maharashtra government over Mumbai's open space policy. The state government asked the

Publication Date: 
30/01/2008
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Urban Habitat, Nagarpalikas, Green Spaces, India, Maharashtra, Mumbai
India

 Architect M N Sharma on why Chandigarh's beauty is becoming history

Le Corbusier Foundation, Paris, plans to put Chandigarh in UNESCO's modern heritage list. m n sharma, the first architect to work with Le Corbusier, tells savvy soumya misra about an urbanization

Publication Date: 
30/12/2007
Down to Earth
16
20071231
0
Tags:
Sukhna, Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Urban Management, Urban Beautification, Green Spaces, Public Participation, India, Chandigarh
India

 Kolkata reconnects with its riverfront

An ambitious riverfront development project has been drawing many visitors in Kolkata. The Millennium Park runs along Strand Road, for a kilometre on the eastern bank of the Hooghly river and has

Publication Date: 
14/10/2007
Bharat Lal Seth
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Pollution Control, Hoogly, Water Quality, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), River Action Plan, Green Spaces, Landscape Design, Tourism, India, West Bengal, Calcutta (D)
India

 Reclaiming urban spaces critical for democracy

at the beginning of the 20th century, the Swiss Canton of Graubunden banned all cars from its streets. The canton of Uri clamped a similar ban, a year after. The bans might seem ante-diluvian in

Publication Date: 
14/06/2007
Down to Earth
16
20070615
0
Tags:
Common Property Resources, Urban Habitat, Urban Planning, Green Spaces, Automobiles, Cars, Car Free Days, India
Environment

View from the top: Dusty Gedge of Living Roofs

This article features Dusty Gedge an actor and circus performer, who had been an avid birdwatcher since the age of seven. In 1997, a conservation officer in Deptford, south-east London, recruited him to do a birdwatching survey for a creekside regeneration project.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2007
Matilda Lee
Ecologist
37
4
52
Tags:
Environment, Flood Control, Habitat And Urbanisation, Green Spaces, Birds, Environmentalists, United Kingdom (UK), Floods

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