Health

A longitudinal study examining changes in street connectivity, land use, and density of dwellings and walking for transport in Brisbane, Australia

Societies face the challenge of keeping people active as they age. Walkable neighborhoods have been associated with physical activity, but more rigorous analytical approaches are needed. Researchers used longitudinal data from adult residents of Brisbane, Australia (40–65 years of age at baseline) to estimate effects of changes in neighborhood characteristics over a 6-y period on the likelihood of walking for transport.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
04/05/2018
Rebecca Bentley, Tony Blakely, Anne Kavanagh & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
1-8
Tags:
Walking, Land Use, Australia, Urban Habitat, Urban Roads, Cycles, Green Spaces, Health, Lifestyles, Public Transport
Climate Change

Adaptation in human settlements: key findings and way forward

Adapting to climate change in human settlements is critical to ensuring that human development is not jeopardized and that the world’s growing population has the opportunity to thrive where they live.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2018
UNFCCC
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Urban Habitat, Slums, Poverty, Women, Food Security, Africa, United Kingdom (UK), Traditional Knowledge, Water Conservation, Governance, Global, India
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding Delhi sealing drive, 24/04/2018

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/04/2018 regarding Delhi sealing drive. Officiating Chairman of the Central Ground Water Board K.C. Naik has been requested to inform the Court the status of ground water level in 20 points in Delhi from the year 2000 onwards every five years including for the year 2017/2018 to understand whether there has been a depletion of ground water and in which area and to what extent.

Judgement Date: 
24/04/2018
Tags:
Urban Habitat, Urban Encroachments, Delhi, Supreme Court, Building Byelaws, Urban Planning, Groundwater Assessment, Public Interest Litigation (PIL)
Wildlife

Order of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana regarding monkey attacks on humans, Chandigarh, 17/04/2018

Order of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh dated 17/04/2018 regarding monkey attacks on humans, Chandigarh. Chandigarh Administration states that the monkey is a scheduled animal protected under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and the administration is finding it difficult to control the monkey menace as monkeys are straying into the city area because of the availability of food by the residents.

To control the monkey menace Forests and Wildlife Department have suggested the following measures:

Judgement Date: 
17/04/2018
Tags:
Monkey, Urban Habitat, People - Animal Conflicts, Chandigarh, High Court, Compensation, Municipal Corporations, India
Habitat And Urbanisation

Judgement of the High Court of Delhi regarding unauthorized constructions in the areas marked for community uses in the regularization plan, West Jyoti Nagar Colony, Shahdara, Delhi, 17/04/2018

Judgement of the High Court of Delhi in the matter of Mukesh Kumar Vs Ranbir Singh, Commissioner East Delhi Municipal Corporation dated 17/04/2018. The issue relates to regularization of the West Jyoti Nagar Colony, Shahdara, Delhi which was an unauthorized colony. It was stated that in the regularization plan of the colony community facility projects were earmarked and the land earmarked for community facility projects has been converted into illegal and unauthorized residential complexes.

Judgement Date: 
17/04/2018
Tags:
Urban Habitat, Urban Planning, High Court, Delhi, Urban Housing
Habitat And Urbanisation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding environmental clearance for construction of the International Exhibition cum Conventions Centre, Dwarka, Delhi, 04/04/2018

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shobhit Chauhan Vs Union of India & Others dated 04/04/2018 regarding environmental clearance granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forest for construction of International Exhibition cum Conventions Centre in the sub city of Dwarka, New Delhi on 29.08.2017 without considering operating merits and demerits of the felling of 1961 trees which shall disturb the ecological balance leading to a negative impact upon the environment as well increased pollution levels for the residents of the peripheral colonies defeating the object

Judgement Date: 
04/04/2018
Tags:
Infrastructure Development, Delhi, Urban Habitat, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Afforestation, Environment Clearance (EC), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA)
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
Climate Change

Assessment and mitigation strategies to counteract overheating in urban historical areas in Rome

As urban overheating is increasing, there is a strong public interest towards mitigation strategies to enhance comfortable urban spaces, for their role in supporting urban metabolism and social life. The study presents an assessment of the existing thermal comfort and usage of San Silvestro Square in Rome during the summer, and performs the simulation of cooling strategies scenarios, to understand their mitigation potential for renovation projects.

Publication Date: 
18/03/2018
Flavia Laureti, Letizia Martinelli, Alessandra Battisti
Climate
6
1
1-26
Tags:
Heat Waves, Urban Habitat, Italy, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Green Buildings, Building Materials, Green Spaces, Solar Radiation
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding constructions in the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra, 15/03/2018

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry Vs Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Others dated 15/03/2018 regarding constructions in the city of Mumbai.

Judgement Date: 
15/03/2018
Tags:
Urban Habitat, Urban Development, Mumbai, Municipal Solid Waste, Waste Management, Municipal Corporations, High Court, Supreme Court, Landfill, Urban Planning
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the Delhi High Court regarding defacement of walls of the Tis Hazari Court complex, Delhi, 14/03/2018

Order of the Delhi High Court in the matter of Birender Sangwan Vs District Judge North West & Others dated 14/03/2018 regarding defacement of walls of the Tis Hazari Court complex due to posters put up for the bar elections. A status report has been received from the District & Sessions Judge, North and North-West from the District Courts, Rohini informing this court that all defacing material has been removed.

Judgement Date: 
14/03/2018
Tags:
Urban Habitat, Delhi, High Court, Urban Beautification

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