Air Pollution

 Owning the road

Cities without cars, pollution and traffic. A movement is spreading across Europe to drive cars out. People are beginning to say no to cars

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
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Environment, Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Urban Housing, Urban Transport, Automobiles, Children, Europe, Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Vehicles, Air Pollution
Air Pollution

 More dreams sans cars

From a loose concept to a concrete movement, the idea of the car free city has evolved gradually

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
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Environment, Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Urban Housing, Urban Transport, Automobiles, Children, Europe, Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Vehicles, Air Pollution
Air Pollution

 Hindustan motors

Can India ever have car free centres?

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
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Environment, Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Urban Housing, Urban Transport, Automobiles, Children, Europe, Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Vehicles, Air Pollution
Economy

 West By Far East

In the rush for economic growth, China ignored its environment. Now it faces a nightmare. The country is one of the most polluted in the world.

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
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Environment, Air Pollution, Acid Rain, Vehicular Pollution, Water Resources, SPM, Petrol, Economy, Coal, Urban Development, Population, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas, Economic Development, Industry, China, Global, Vehicles, Pollution
India

 Structured response?

the Union government is planning to introduce a legislation to ensure the safety of urban buildings and also issue licenses to builders, formulate building codes and undertake a micro seismic

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
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Urban Development, Housing, Legislation, India
Natural Disasters

 Follow Up

The Delhi high court and the city's lower courts are proving to be the major obstacles in the way of cleaning the Yamuna river, the Union urban development ministry recently stated in a reply to the

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
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River Pollution, Rivers, Yamuna, Urban Development, Supreme Court, High Court, Delhi
Mining

 Nowhere!

Three months after Gujarat was flattened by an earthquake, the state government goes in for a relocation plan to satisfy the builder s lobby

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
Richard Mahapatra
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Earthquakes, Urban Development, Housing, Housing Construction, Rehabilitation, NGO, Gujarat, Ahmedabad (D), Latur
Health

  Cleansing chronicle

this monumental book is a fascinating analysis and documentation of the development of urban sanitation infrastructure in the us . It takes one through an illuminating journey spanning almost 500

Publication Date: 
29/04/2001
Ravi Agarwal
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Environment, Water Distribution, Health, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Urban Management, Urban Sanitation, Waste Disposal, Industry, Technology, United States Of America (US), India, Delhi, Pollution
India

 Sealed fate

The de sealing drive of the Delhi government is yet to take off as a bureaucratic maze greets factory owners

Publication Date: 
14/04/2001
Kushal P S Yadav
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Urban Development, Hazardous Industry, HI Relocation, Supreme Court, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Delhi
Environment

 What is polluting?

There is much confusion among government authorities and industrialists regarding the definition of a polluting industry. Even those seeking de-sealing have no clue on what basis they should file the

Publication Date: 
14/04/2001
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Urban Development, Hazardous Industry, HI Relocation, Supreme Court, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Delhi

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