India

 Balding the urban landscape through shortsighted fiscal policies

Traditionally most urban areas in the country have grown out of rural settlements. Land use changes and population growth have precipitated urbanization in a lot of rural centres. Urbanization also

Publication Date: 
14/02/2008
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Development, Urban Habitat, Displacement, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Housing, Urban Environment, Finance, Poverty, India, Karnataka
Poverty

 Dharavi's real estate threat

The Maharashtra government wants to redevelop Dharavi, Mumbai s sprawling slum. But its plan has not taken into account the fact that people not only live but also work in this settlement, something they will not be able to do in the new Dharavi.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2007
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Urban Habitat, Displacement, Urban Planning, Urban Land, Urban Housing, Slums, Slum Upgrading, Slum Demolition, Urban Sanitation, Potters, Informal Sector, Poverty, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Waste Recycling
Environment

 Malls in Ahmedabad violate green norms

an ngo has asked Gujarat's pollution control board for details of the clearances granted to over 12 large-scale shopping malls in Ahmedabad. It has alleged that most of the malls in the city

Publication Date: 
14/11/2007
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Environment, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Urban Habitat, Water Supply, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), NGO, India, Gujarat, Ahmedabad (D), Hotels
Environment

 Regulating living environment for public safety

it is unusual for the powerful real estate lobbies to be brought to their knees in India. But such a thing happened in Gujarat in 2002. The high court was hearing a petition on saving the lakes of

Publication Date: 
14/07/2007
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Environment, Urban Habitat, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Urban Housing, India, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Ahmedabad (D), Punjab, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Poverty

 A look at world urban population

Homo sapien as an urban, undeveloped species >> From 1950 to 2000, the urban population of the world quadrupled

Publication Date: 
14/03/2007
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Urban Water Supply, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Urban Habitat, Migration, Urbanisation, Urban Sprawl, Urban Housing, Slums, Urban Sanitation, Population, Population Trends, Poverty, Developing Countries, Statistics, Rural Poverty
Air Pollution

 IN COURT

J&K project through: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court recently granted a stay on a decision by the state government to cancel a contract for the 1,200-MW Sawalakote hydroelectric power project. The

Publication Date: 
30/12/2006
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Pollution, Global Warming, Hydroelectricity, Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Green Spaces, Legislation, High Court, United States Of America (US), California, Jammu & Kashmir, Doda (D)
Industry

 SNIPPETS

• China refuted a recent US National Academy of Sciences report, which notes that a new strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus has emerged in southern China. • Argentine President Nestor

Publication Date: 
14/12/2006
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Pollution, Land Pollution, Animal Diseases, Food Standards, Food Contamination, Heavy Metals, Urban Habitat, Influenza, Africa, China, New York, Toxins
Environment

 Urban areas can support biodiversity

Finding space in our city for nature

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Kartik Shanker
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Environment, Urbanisation, Urban Planning, Urban Environment, Birds, Research, Environment Education, India, Global, Urban Habitat
Industry

 Urban growth model needs reality check

Urban India is beginning to explode. The question is if our cities will be able to manage this growth or will they just burst at the seams? The reason I ask this is because we still don t have a clue

Publication Date: 
14/10/2006
Sunita Narain
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Water Conservation, Urban Water Supply, Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Decay, Slums, Urban Transport, Urban Sanitation, Poverty, Industry, India
Forests

 The Urban Dwellers Rights to Forest Lands and Resources Bill 2005

A BILL To recognise and vest rights to forest lands, and lands/waters and resources of other ecosystems, in urban dwellers, in recognition of their essential needs to maintain and enhance their

Publication Date: 
29/06/2005
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Forests, Urban Habitat, Tribals, Legislation

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