Urban Planning

Unique vision

A group of architects have started an initiative, Vision 2050, to create three different models for the planning of Delhi. Printer Friendly Page Send this Article to a Friend URBAN DEVELOPMENT Unique vision AJOY ASHIRWAD MAHAPRASHASTA A group of architects have started an initiative, Vision 2050, to create three different models for the planning of Delhi.

Publication Date:

25/03/2011

Author(s): Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta

Source: Frontline (Chennai)

Tags:

Urban Development, Delhi, Planning, Urban Planning, Urban Air Quality

Transport

Focus on public transport: Govt body issues guidelines for seamless travel

Pilot project ordered for Jor Bagh-Aurobindo Place Market stretch; to be implemented on all Metro routes
More signalised pedestrian crossings, lesser distance between bus stands, auto stands and Metro stations

Publication Date:

21/03/2011

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Public Transport, Transport, Delhi, Habitat And Urbanisation, Urban Planning

Habitat And Urbanisation

Minutes of the meeting dated 4/03/2011 on environmental clearance for the development of hill station township (1st Phase -2000 ha) at Village Mulsi and Velhe Talukas, District Pune, Maharashtra by M/s. Lavasa Corporation Ltd

Minutes of the meeting dated 4/03/2011 on environmental clearance for the development of hill station township (1st Phase -2000 ha) at Village Mulsi and Velhe Talukas, District Pune, Maharashtra by M/s. Lavasa Corporation Ltd [F.No. 21-9/2011-IA.III.

Publication Date:

04/03/2011

Tags:

Lavasa Corporation, Habitat And Urbanisation, Urban Planning, Pune (D), Maharashtra, Western Ghats, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Waste Disposal, Heavy Metals

Habitat And Urbanisation

Estimating investment requirements for urban infrastructure services: High Powered Expert Committee

This new report on Indian urban infrastructure and services by the High Powered Expert Committee (HPEC) chaired by Isher Judge Ahluwalia set up by the Ministry of Urban Development in May, 2008 documents the nature of the urbanisation challenges facing India. It argues that the challenge of managing urbanisation will have to be addressed through a combination of increased investment and strengthening the framework for governance.

Publication Date:

02/03/2011

Source: Ministry of Urban Development

Tags:

Urbanisation, Urban Transport, India, Infrastructure Development, Urban Water Supply, Solid Waste, Waste Management, Urban Roads, Economic Development, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Urban Planning, Poverty, Habitat And Urbanisation

Habitat And Urbanisation

Report on Indian urban infrastructure and services

This Report comes to the conclusion that India’s economic growth
momentum cannot be sustained if urbanisation is not actively facilitated. Nor
can poverty be addressed if the needs of the urban poor are isolated from the
broader challenges of managing urbanisation. Cities will have to become the

Publication Date:

01/03/2011

Source: Ministry of Urban Development

Tags:

India, Urban Planning, Urban Development, Infrastructure Development, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Slums, Public Transport, Municipal Bodies, Urban Water Supply, Urban Sanitation, Habitat And Urbanisation

Environment

No eco-tourism zones in Ponda, Quepem RPs

No eco-tourism zones in Ponda, Quepem RPs
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said that the regional plan of few more talukas would be passed by the state-level committee (SLC) in the first week of March.

Publication Date:

22/02/2011

Source: Herald (Panjim)

Tags:

Goa, Environment, Urban Planning, Habitat And Urbanisation

Habitat And Urbanisation

Final minutes of meeting held on 14-15 Feb 2011 on the environmental clearance for the development of hill station township at village Mulshi and Velhe Talukas, District Pune, Maharashtra by M/s. Lavasa Corporation Ltd

Final minutes of meeting held on 14-15 Feb 2011 on the environmental clearance for the development of hill station township at village Mulshi and Velhe Talukas, District Pune, Maharashtra by M/s. Lavasa Corporation Ltd.

Publication Date:

14/02/2011

Tags:

Lavasa Corporation, Habitat And Urbanisation, Pune (D), Maharashtra, Tourism, Urban Planning, Land Acquisition, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Building Byelaws

Habitat And Urbanisation

Town planners congress begins

The effective use of land resources for urbanisation, efficient management and for green buildings will be discussed by a conglomeration of town planners, architects, educationists and policy makers, during a three-day National Town and Country Planners

Publication Date:

10/02/2011

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Panchkula (D), Haryana, Urban Planning, District Planning, Habitat And Urbanisation

Transport

Now, MMRDA will also take up transport planning

MUMBAI: The state's premier infrastructure planning agency, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), will don one more role. It will take up the task of transport planning for the entire MMR.

Chief secretary Ratnakar Gaikwad on Tuesday called a meeting of the United Mumbai Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMMTA).

Publication Date:

09/02/2011

Source: Times Of India (Mumbai)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Public Transport, Mumbai, Transport, Urban Planning

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