Habitat And Urbanisation

Contesting the Indian City: Global Visions and the Politics of the Local

Contesting the Indian City features a collection of cutting-edge empirical studies that offer insights into issues of politics, equity, and space relating to urban development in modern India. Features studies that serve to deepen our theoretical understandings of the changes that Indian cities are experiencing. Examines how urban redevelopment policy and planning, and reforms of urban politics and real estate markets, are shaping urban spatial change in India

Publication Date: 
Aug 2013
Gavin Shatkin
Tags:
Urbanisation, India, Urban Development, Urban Planning
Habitat And Urbanisation

Judgement of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh regarding deteriorating environment of Dhaka city

Read text of the Supreme Court judgement on the environment of Dhaka city being continuously endangered and threatened by various unplanned and illegal activities originating both from private and
public sectors causing irreparable harm to human beings.

Judgement Date: 
11/07/2013
Tags:
Urban Habitat, Dhaka, Bangladesh, South Asia, Urban Housing, Drainage, Floods, Urban Waterlogging, Urban Planning, Land Tenure, Agriculture, Urban Land Use
Climate Change

Shimla chosen for international project to lower greenhouse gases

The Queen of the Hills, as Shimla was fondly called by the British, has been shortlisted for a global project to lower greenhouse gas emissions on the pattern of European cities, a municipal offici

Publication Date: 
11/06/2013
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Himachal Pradesh, Shimla (T), Green House Gases, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Waste Management, Sustainable Development, Climate Change
Habitat And Urbanisation

Global ambitions v green concerns

When the finalists at the French Open take to the clay court on June 8th and 9th, they may be witnessing the end of an era at the Roland-Garros stadium.

Publication Date: 
08/06/2013
Economist (London)
Tags:
France, Urban Planning
Transport

Transforming cities with transit: Transit and land use integration for sustainable urban development

This study explores the complex process of transit and land-use integration in rapidly growing cities in developing countries. It first identifies barriers to and opportunities for effective coordination of the transport infrastructure and urban development. It then recommends a set of policies and implementation measures for overcoming these barriers and exploiting these opportunities.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2013
Hiroaki Suzuki, Robert Cervero, Kanako Iuchin
Urban India
1-25
Tags:
Habitat And Urbanisation, Land Use, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Cars and Congestion, China, Hong Kong, Light Rail Transit, Japan, Developing Countries, Automobiles, Mobility Planning, Pedestrians, Non Motorised Vehicles, Public Transport, Urban Planning, Urban Transport
Climate Change

Climate proofing Guwahati, Assam: city resilience strategy and mainstreaming plan

As part of the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN), TERI has made an assessment of the risk and vulnerability of the city of Guwahati (Assam, India) and has prepared a detailed City Resilience Strategy (CRS).

Publication Date: 
01/06/2013
The Energy and Resources Institute
Tags:
Climate Change, Guwahati, Assam, Urbanisation, Climate Adaptation, Extreme Weather Events, Natural Disasters, Urban Planning, Ecosystems, Water Supply, Drainage, Solid Waste, Transport, Health, Slums, Housing, Land Use
Habitat And Urbanisation

Let states decide on guidelines for highrises: Panel to Green ministry

The environment ministry's 2012 guidelines for high-rise buildings that link a building's height with the width of the road on which it is located — and had been strongly opposed by state governmen

Publication Date: 
31/05/2013
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), High Rise Building, Planning Commission, Urban Planning, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Environment Clearance (EC), Maharashtra, Haryana, Kerala, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Habitat And Urbanisation

City's new development plan delayed by six months

MUMBAI: The city's draft development plan (DP) will not be published in October as planned.

Publication Date: 
22/05/2013
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Mumbai, Development, Planning, Urban Planning
Transport

Mobilising private investment in sustainable transport: the case of land-based passenger transport infrastructure

Governments have a key role to play in influencing private sector investment, by improving the enabling conditions for investment in sustainable transport infrastructure and delivering investment grade policies.

Publication Date: 
21/05/2013
Géraldine Ang, Virginie Marchal
OECD
Tags:
Urban Transport, Transport, Infrastructure Development, Climate Change, Finance, Urban Planning, Private Sector, India, Global, Metro, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Non Motorised Vehicles, Fuel Economy Standards
Natural Disasters

Australian funding to make more Sri Lankan towns resilient to disasters

The Australian government will provide Rs 130 million to improve planning and community resilience in four disaster prone cities, Mullaitivu, Mannar, Vavuniya and Akkaraipattu.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2013
Daily News (Sri Lanka)
Tags:
Australia, Sri Lanka, Natural Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, South Asia, Buildings, Habitat, Urban Planning, Earthquakes

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