Water Resources

Stories from the Asia water wire

The book is a compilation of articles written in 2005 and 2006 as part of a series about water and development. Most of the stories in the Asia Water Wire are the product of reporting on the ground by local journalists, many of whom attended a series of water workshops by the Asian Development Bank in the last few years.

Publication Date: 
Dec 2006
Johanna Son
IPS Asia-Pacific Center Foundation Inc
Tags:
Environment, Rivers, Bhopal, Water Harvesting, Dams, Dam Safety, Development, Hydroelectricity, Slums, Asia, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Arunachal, Water Resources
India

 Maharashtra draft urban housing policy not enough

Maharashtra's draft state housing policy (dshp) is ready. Chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh announced it on November 1, 2006. Prepared in a record three-month period by a taskforce headedby the state

Publication Date: 
30/12/2006
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Urban Habitat, Rural Habitat, Housing, Urban Housing, Rural Housing, Housing Construction, Slums, Slum Upgrading, India, Maharashtra, Mumbai
Habitat And Urbanisation

Slum upgrading and women's empowerment: The experience in Titagarh, West Bengal

Titagarh's slum upgrading experience demonstrates that social pressure and lobbying, particularly by women's groups, can be very effective in controlling rents, even when there is no legal contract between tenants and landlords.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2006
Aparna Das
Social Change
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Slums, Slum Upgrading, Women, West Bengal, Calcutta (T), Urban Housing, Habitat And Urbanisation, Public Participation
Industry

 India's urban renewal plan goes wrong

On December 3, 2005, prime minister Manmohan Singh launched "the single largest initiative of the Government of India for a planned development of our cities'. The programme, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (jnnurm), acknowledged that urbanisation was a "relentless process' that had caused an acute urban crisis.

Publication Date: 
30/08/2006
Down to Earth
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Urban Development, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Slums, Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises, Government Of India (GOI)
Habitat And Urbanisation

City development plan for Varanasi

The CDP provides both a perspective and vision for the development of a city.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2006
Municipal Corporation
Tags:
Urban Development, Varanasi (T), Urbanisation, Infrastructure Development, Transport, Slums, Water Supply, Solid Waste, Urban Environment, City Tracker
Industry

 Evictory of sorts

Eviction

Publication Date: 
29/04/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
Slums, NGO, Delhi
India

 Work matters

Proximity to workplace determines housing decisions of slum dwellers, finds a new study

Publication Date: 
30/03/2006
Jyotsna Puri
Down to Earth
Tags:
Housing Standards, Slums, World Bank, India, Mumbai
Biodiversity

 No more slumming

Builders may 'get big bonanza in Dharavi

Publication Date: 
14/03/2006
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Slums, Slum Upgrading, Rehabilitation, Asia, Maharashtra, Mumbai
India

 Blind to the cause

Rehabilitation authority to ignore controversial projects

Publication Date: 
14/03/2006
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Irrigation, Slums, Rehabilitation, Maharashtra
Water Supply

 Watered down on social equity

BWSSB already wants to close public fountains in Bangalore city as the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike asn't paid up its dues of Rs 160 crore.Will GBWASP attend to the water needs of the poor? Right now,

Publication Date: 
30/12/2005
Down to Earth
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Urban Water Supply, Slums, Karnataka, Bangalore (T)

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