Forests

Civic body nod to tree-felling along Dr Ambedkar Road

Mumbai The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is gearing up to fell trees on the way to city

Publication Date: 
04/04/2009
Indian Express (Mumbai)
Tags:
Deforestation, Urban Environment, Bridges, Maharashtra, Mumbai
Environment

Nature and nurture: poverty and environment in Asia and the Pacific

This latest ADB publication provides an overview of poverty- environment interactions that show how poor communities in Asia and the Pacific have sought to break out of poverty through local actions that improved their environment.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
Asian Development Bank
Tags:
Environment, Ecosystem Services, Agriculture, Water Resources, Water Management, Urban Water Supply, Industrial Pollution, Renewable Energy, Disaster Management, Urban Environment, Urban Sanitation, Solid Waste, Poverty, Asia, Air Pollution
Habitat And Urbanisation

Sustainable development strategies for re-greening the suburbs

The biggest challenge facing humankind is to reconcile the impact of humans with the ability of our planet Earth to provide resources and absorb waste. This "crisis" presents a potentially pivotal opportunity for architects, who have a crucial role to play in addressing this challenge. Sustainable cities are the building blocks of a peaceful and sustainable world.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
K. Swati
Architecture - Time Space & People
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Tags:
Urban Agriculture, Wastewater Recycling, Renewable Energy, Public Transport, Habitat And Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Architecture, Urban Environment, Green Spaces, Germany, Sustainable Development
Climate Change

Urban heat island: Cause for microclimate variations

Urbanization has a dynamic relationship with the physical environment. Urban and rural environments differ substantially in their microclimate. These climatic differences are primarily caused by the alteration on the surface of earth by human constructions and the release of artificially created energy into the environment. Inadvertent climate changes induced by urbanization are well documented.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
Sheeba Valsson, Alka Bharat
Architecture - Time Space & People
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Trees, Atmosphere, Climate Change, Buildings, Urbanisation, Urban Environment
Forests

AMC plans tree census using GPS

Ahmedabad : Civic body is likely to take up a tree census for city with help of a Mumbai-based firm Terracon Ecotech. Census is one-of-its-kind in the country, based on modern methods using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) system.

Publication Date: 
30/03/2009
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Trees, Urban Environment, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Gujarat, Ahmedabad (T)
Forests

A tree for a vote, even if I lose: Kulkarni

Pune Whether he wins or loses, Pune can hope to be a lot more green if Bahujan Samaj Party candidate for the Lok Sabha constituency, D S Kulkarni, keeps his word. He has promised a tree for each vote he gets.

Publication Date: 
30/03/2009
Indian Express (Mumbai)
Tags:
Afforestation, Urban Environment, Political Parties, Maharashtra, Pune (T)
Habitat And Urbanisation

Correa slams DDA Games plan

The report claims that the DDA has chopped down trees in around 27.7 acres whereas it site plan totals about 12.5 acres

Publication Date: 
07/03/2009
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Urban Development, Urban Environment, Supreme Court, Delhi, Environmental Security, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Central Empowered Committee (CEC)
Sanitation

Litter and be fined: Delhi to act tough in New Year

BY SHWETA SRINIVASAN, NEW DELHI
A sparkling, clean Delhi and no bad smells either? This attractive picture seems a distinct possibility with the civic agency set to crack the whip from the new year on all those found littering and urinating in public places.

With the 2010 Commonwealth Games barely two years away, the MCD is keen to see Delhi look spic and span.

Publication Date: 
17/12/2008
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Urban Environment, Urban Sanitation, Garbage, Delhi
Forests

City needs Chipko movement

Eminent environmentalist Sundarlal Bahuguna today suggested Bangaloreans to hug the trees which are on a 'death row' due to the Metro Rail project.

Publication Date: 
05/12/2008
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Deforestation, Chipko Movement, Urban Environment, Metro, Sunderalal Bahuguna, Bangalore (T)
Air Pollution

How about a stroll at car-free Vastrapur lake?

AHMEDABAD: Imagine a lazy, wintry Sunday evening at the Vastrapur Lake. Only, there are no cars or auto-rickshaws, no traffic jams, no obnoxious emissions, no honking of horns tearing your ear drums. Just, pedestrians and cyclists thronging the area.

Publication Date: 
05/12/2008
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, Urban Environment, Gujarat, Ahmedabad (T)

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