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This book provides a balanced international overview of the way forward, showing how choice of materials and construction processes, response to landscape and climate, and - not to be forgotten - the involvement of users, can together solve environmental problems and produce a diverse architecture to suit human and regional needs.

This paper outlines a research proposal for a series of investigations into aspects of urban housing which it seems important to understand before formulating an enlarged public housing programme. Studies in the areas outlined here are either scanty or non-existent.

1 billion people in India, or 100 million more than the number of voters we have in India, live in water scarcity! And this number is expected to go up to 5 billion by 2050. This is the appalling statistic that has come out from research by Water Aid on Monday. Club this with the fact that one in every eight deaths in India is attributable to air pollution in India, the Ganga River is far dirtier than what it was a few years back and the health cost of environmental challenges can go up to 3% of our GDP, which is higher than our health budget.

Why is Delhi delaying the implementation of its parking policy? Is vote bank politics trumping over a much needed move to unclog the national capital?We discuss on urban Reality this week.

मोदी ने कुंडली मानेसर पलवल हाइवे के कुंडली-मानेसर हिस्से का उद्घाटन किया. ये वेस्टर्न पेरिफेरल एक्सप्रेसवे है, जिसका गुरुग्राम में उद्घाटन किया गया. उम्मीद है कि इससे भारी ट्रैफिक में निजात मिलेगी. दिल्ली में कम ट्रक अंदर आएंगे और ये दिल्ली के प्रदूषण को कुछ कम करने में मदद करेगा. पीएम मोदी ने इसका उद्घाटन करते हुए कहा कि पिछली सरकारों ने इस काम में देर की.

लंबित प्रोजेक्ट्स पूरा करने की मुहीम, लटकी परिओजानाओं में तेज़ी

The slowdown has dragged down home real estate prices across India but has the meltdown been worse in larger cities than Tier 2 cities? And what lies ahead for India's Tier 2 towns especially now with the government pushing for affordable homes. In this segment, we focus on key Tier 2 property markets of North India - Jaipur, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Bhiwadi and Sonepat.

http://www.ndtv.com/video/property/the-property-show/looking-at-real-est...

देश की राजधानी दिल्ली में वायू प्रदूषण कम करने के मकसद से नेशनल ग्रीन ट्रिब्यूनल ने केंद्र सरकार को सलाह दी है कि वह सरकारी और प्राइवेट दफ्तरों के खुलने के समय में बदलाव करें, ताकि जाम कम लगेगा और प्रदूषण भी घटेगा। इसके साथ ही उसने राजधानी में 10 साल पुराने डीजल वाहनों पर प्रतिबंध लगा दिया है। तो हम लोग में आज देखें साफ हवा के सवाल पर चर्चा...

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/hum-log/hum-log-right-to-breathe-in-fre...

Our cities are racing towards times where moving around on foot might become a myth. Roads overflowing with cars at any point during the day has become a norm, adding more stress to the already stressed urban lives. But the worst is yet to come, yes you heard that right. Studies suggest that we still haven't touched the peak in vehicular congestion. With the best minds in the industry, we debate how did we get to this situation and what happens if we touch the peak.

Low-carbon, high-density, mixed land use - Delhi gets set to experiment with its new housing model called Transit Oriented Development. Does it have the potential to uplift the quality of life in the capital? Experts give us the thumbs up or down? Find out.

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/the-property-show/can-transit-oriented-...

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