Habitat And Urbanisation

Urban transformations in Khora Village, NCR - A view from the ‘periphery’

The theoretical concepts “urban informality,” “periphery,” and “everyday state,” primarily emerging from the “new geographies” of the Global South, are used to make sense of the complicated state–society interactions leading to the transformation of land at the rural–urban interface of the postcolonial metropolitan capital of Delhi. The history of land development in a village called Khora is examined, which, located at the intersection of Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad, has transformed from a sparsely populated village in 1971 to one of the densest “unauthorised colonies” in Asia in 2011.

Publication Date: 
24/03/2018
Shruti Dubey
Economic and Political Weekly
53
12
76-84
Tags:
Urban Sprawl, Urban Habitat, Delhi, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, Rural Habitat, Land Use, Land Ownership, Farmers
Land

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding acquisition of 912 acres of land, District Gurgaon, Haryana, 12/03/2018

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Rameshwar & Others Vs State of Haryana & Others dated 12/03/2018 regarding land acquisition of 912 acres from three villages namely, Manesar, Lakhnoula and Naurangpur, Tehsil and District Gurgaon for setting up Chaudhari Devi Lal Industrial Township, to be planned as an Integrated Complex for residential, recreational and other public purposes.

Judgement Date: 
12/03/2018
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Haryana, Gurgaon (D), Land Ownership, Urban Habitat, Corruption, Supreme Court, Land Use
Land

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding construction of a multi storied building on wetland area, Ernakulam District, Kerala, 05/03/2018

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Mather Nagar Residents Association Vs The District Collector, Ernakulam & Others dated 05/03/2018 regarding construction of a multi storied building on wetland area of Thrikkakkara North Village, Kalamassery, Ernakulam District, Kerala. Supreme Court sets aside the Order passed by the Kerala High Court which allowed the builder to continue construction and remanded the matter for a fresh decision after taking into account the detailed report submitted by the Sub-Collector, Fortkochi, Ernakulam District, Kerala.

Judgement Date: 
05/03/2018
Tags:
Wetlands, Land Use, Kerala, Ernakulam, Supreme Court, Buildings
Climate Change

Land usage, climate change threaten pastoralism in Kenya

NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- The driver of a car at the front honked incessantly Sunday as the eight others behind him joined in the effort to make the dozens of animals that were crossing the main road in

Publication Date: 
01/03/2018
Coast Week (Kenya)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Land, Land Use, Kenya, Africa
Climate Change

Satellite data maps climate impact of changing land use

JAIPUR: A study by researchers at the Joint Research Centre, the European Commission’s science and knowledge service, has shown how land use change too is contributing to climate change.

Publication Date: 
22/02/2018
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Land Use, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Grasslands, Global Warming
Energy

A comparison of induced land-use change emissions estimates from energy crops

The introduction of the first generation of biofuels made from food crops has been controversial largely due to concerns over competition for land with food crops, thus raising global crop prices and generating induced land-use change (ILUC).

Publication Date: 
06/02/2018
Nikita Pavlenko, Stephanie Searle
International Council on Clean Transportation
Tags:
Biofuel, Bio Fuel Crops, Carbon Intensity, Land Use, Green House Gases, Brazil, Europe, United States Of America (US)
Climate Change

Land use change over the Amazon forest and its impact on the local climate

One of the most important anthropogenic influences on climate is land use change (LUC). In particular, the Amazon (AMZ) basin is a highly vulnerable area to climate change due to substantial modifications of the hydroclimatology of the region expected as a result of LUC. However, both the magnitude of these changes and the physical process underlying this scenario are still uncertain. This work aims to analyze the simulated Amazon deforestation and its impacts on local mean climate.

Publication Date: 
03/02/2018
Marta Llopart, Michelle Simões Reboita, Erika Coppola & et al
Water
10
2
1-12
Tags:
Amazon, Deforestation, Land Use, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Rainfall Pattern
Forests

Recognizing the rapid expansion of rubber plantation – a threat to native forest in parts of northeast India

With the current trend of land use/land cover (LULC) change taking place globally, several parts of northeast India are also showing signs of change in LULC pattern leading to forest loss. This study focusses on the expansion of monoculture rubber plantation (Hevea brasiliensis) in selected sub-watersheds in northeast India, and distributed in parts of north Tripura, Mizoram and a major portion in the Karimganj district of Assam.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
10/01/2018
Current Science
114
1
207-213
Tags:
Rubber, Forests, Land Use, Deforestation, North East, Assam, Tripura, Mizoram
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of fly ash and filling up parts of Dankuni Wetland at Mollarber Mouza, Hooghly District, West Bengal, 09/01/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of People United for Better Living in Calcutta (Public) & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 09/01/2018 regarding dumping of fly ash and filling up parts of Dankuni Wetland at Mollarber Mouza of Serampore Uttarpara Block, Dankuni, West Bengal.

Judgement Date: 
09/01/2018
Tags:
Wetlands, Fly Ash, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, West Bengal, Land Use
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding demolition of structures constructed at Pimpri Waghere, Taluka Haveli, District Pune

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Tanajai Balasaheb Gambhire Vs Principal Secretary, Environment, Government of Maharashtra & Others dated 08/01/2018 regarding demolition of structures constructed at Pimpri Waghere, Taluka Haveli, District Pune, falling within limits of Pune Chinchwand Municipal Corporation (PCMC) and restoration of the said area having regard to environmental damage caused by the said development.

Judgement Date: 
08/01/2018
Tags:
Habitat And Urbanisation, Land Use, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Pune (D), Maharashtra, Construction Industry

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