Habitat And Urbanisation

Urban local bodies flouting JNNURM norms: CAG

The state government got a rap on the knuckles from the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) for its urban local bodies flouting JNNURM norms.

Publication Date: 
04/10/2013
Indian Express (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Urbanisation, Slums, Habitat And Urbanisation, Ahmedabad (D), Housing, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP)
Habitat And Urbanisation

Over 20 lakh slums in state, all unrecognised

Slum Dwellers Remain Without Any Basic Facilities

Not a single slum in Rajasthan is recognized by the state government leaving the entire population of slum dwellers without any basic facilities provided by the state. According to the primary census abstract for slum 2011, released on Monday, Rajasthan has 20.68 lakh identified slums.

Publication Date: 
04/10/2013
Saurabh Sharma
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Slums, Population, Sanitation, Drinking Water, Kota (T), Toilets, Habitat And Urbanisation
Habitat And Urbanisation

33% of slum population live without basic facilities

Number Of Towns With Shanties Went Up From 1,743 In 2001 To 2,613 In 2011

Over a third of the slum population in India lives without any basic facility being provided by the state as the slums are not recognized. In the case of some states like Rajasthan, Gujarat and Bihar, the entire slum population of several lakhs remains unrecognized by the state governments.

Publication Date: 
03/10/2013
Rema Nagarajan
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Slums, Population, Sanitation, Drinking Water, Haryana, Delhi, Assam, Jharkhand, Habitat And Urbanisation
Climate Change

“Shared learning” for building urban climate resilience – experiences from Asian cities

This paper considers how resilience thinking and, in particular, its emphasis on learning has been applied in 10 cities in Vietnam, India, Thailand and Indonesia. Applying a “shared learning” approach in the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) has helped to create or strengthen networks, build appreciation for complexity and uncertainty among stakeholders, provide a space for deliberating concepts such as vulnerability and resilience, and build knowledge and capacities for stakeholders to engage and represent their own interests.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2013
Sarah Orleans Reed, Richard Friend, Vu Canh Toan & et al
Environment & Urbanization
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2
393-412
Tags:
Climate Change, Urban Habitat, India, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Climate Impacts, Knowledge, Surat (T), Indore (T), Gorakhpur (T), Climate Adaptation, Governance, Floods, Urban Waterlogging, Sewage, Solid Waste, Urban Sanitation, Urban Encroachments, Lakes, Extreme Weather Events, Poverty, Slums
Climate Change

The constraints on climate change adaptation in a city with a large development deficit: the case of Dar es Salaam

The city of Dar es Salaam, with a population of more than four million, has no climate change adaptation plan. It also has a very large development deficit and lacks adequate provision for infrastructure and services such as piped water, sewers, drains and solid waste collection. Addressing this deficit (and building the institutional and financial capacity to do so) is also important for building resilience to climate change impacts.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2013
Robert Kiunsi
Environment & Urbanization
25
2
321-337
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Urban Habitat, Tanzania, Slums, Urban Land Use, Urban Waterlogging, Floods, Disaster Management, Urban Planning, Legislation, Extreme Weather Events
Climate Change

Urban environmental challenges and climate change action in Durban, South Africa

This paper reflects on the progress made in climate change adaptation in the city of Durban since the launch of the Municipal Climate Protection Programme in 2004. This includes the initial difficulties in getting the attention of key sectors within municipal government, and how this was addressed and also served by the more detailed understanding of the range of adaptation options and their cost-benefits.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2013
Debra Roberts, Sean O’Donoghue
Environment & Urbanization
25
2
299-319
Tags:
Urban Habitat, Climate Change, South Africa, Climate Adaptation, Ecosystem Services, Extreme Weather Events, Water Demand, Soil Erosion, Waterborne diseases, Vector Borne Diseases, Poverty, Slums, Urban Planning
People

65 million people live in slums in India, says census data

Newly released census data shows families living in slums have a far better child sex ratio than the urban Indian average. Over a third of India’s slum dwellers live in unrecognised slums.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2013
Rukmini S
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Slums, Population, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Unemployment, People
Habitat And Urbanisation

Slum-free Indore: Indore Municipal Corporation claims Rs 28cr spent, beneficiaries cry foul

An ambitious scheme of the Union government of making cities slum-free has run into trouble in Indore.

Publication Date: 
27/09/2013
Bagish K Jha
Times Of India (Indore)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Indore (T), Slums, Housing, Lowcost Housing, Municipal Corporation, NGO, Slum Upgrading, Habitat And Urbanisation
Water Supply

Dhaka WASA signs deals with NGOs to provide water to poor

Dhaka Wasa and five NGOs on Sunday signed two deals aiming to provide water connections to the low-income community of Sattola Slum in Mohakhali and Korail Slum in Banani areas, reports UNB.

Publication Date: 
23/09/2013
Bangladesh Today
Tags:
Bangladesh, Dhaka, NGO, Slums, Water Supply, Drinking Water, South Asia
Environment

‘Vote for those who care for rivers’

Water Initiative Orissa (WIO), a leading environment body working for conservation of natural waterbodies, on Tuesday gave a call to vote for candidates who care for rivers and waterbodies in the c

Publication Date: 
18/09/2013
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Water Resources, Waste Disposal, Slums, Drinking Water, Garbage, Solid Waste, Hazardous Waste, Sanitation

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