Urban Planning

Cities, climate change and multilevel governance

Cities represent a challenge and an opportunity for climate change policy. As the hubs of economic activity, cities generate the bulk of GHG emissions and are thus important to mitigation strategies. Urban planning will shape future trends and the concentration of population, socio-economic activity, poverty

Publication Date:

01/12/2009

Author(s): & et al, J. Corfee-Morlot, L. Kamal-Chaoui, M. G. Donovan

Source: OECD

Tags:

Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Impacts, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Urbanisation, Urban Planning, Governance, Africa, Asia, Calcutta (T), Sustainable Development, Developing Countries

Habitat And Urbanisation

India infrastructure report 2009: land - a critical resource for infrastructure

Land is the heart of infrastructure development. The first India Infrastructure Report (IIR), which was brought out in 2001, identified the process of land acquisition as the most important structural constraint to the development of infrastructure. This IIR 2009 to examine various facets of

Publication Date:

01/12/2009

Source: Oxford University Press

Tags:

Land Ownership, Land Acquisition, Forest Act 1980, Displacement, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Urban Land, Highways, Rehabilitation, Compensation, India, Oxford University Press, Infrastructure Development, New Delhi, Habitat And Urbanisation

Habitat And Urbanisation

Delhi gets new geo-portal for urban planning

NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit inaugurated the Delhi State Spatial Data Infrastructure Project at the Delhi Pavilion in the ongoing India International Trade Fair at Pragati Maidan here on Thursday.

The geo-portal with geo-spatial data of the Capital has been developed by the Information Technology Department of the Delhi Government.

Publication Date:

27/11/2009

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Transport, Habitat And Urbanisation, Urban Planning, Water Supply, Sewage, Web, Education, Delhi

Habitat And Urbanisation

People-centric urban planning needed

Amruta Dave

Ahmedabad: If people are at the centre of planning than machines, it can help reduce carbon emissions in a city, said faculty at CEPT University Talat Munshi at the 10th international congress of Asian Planning School Association (APSA) on Tuesday.

Publication Date:

25/11/2009

Source: Times Of India (Ahmedabad)

Tags:

Vehicular Pollution, Habitat And Urbanisation, Urban Planning, Urban Environment, Gujarat

Habitat And Urbanisation

Three more cities in NCR ambit

PRASHANT PANDEY

Three more cities -- Ambala, Kanpur and Dehra Dun -- were on Wednesday included on the list of counter-magnet cities for the national capital region (NCR) with the aim to check migration in Delhi.

Publication Date:

12/11/2009

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tags:

Habitat And Urbanisation, Urban Development, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Urban Planning, Ambala (T), Kanpur (T), Dehradun (T), Infrastructure Development

Habitat And Urbanisation

Urban development policy for Karnataka 2009: draft

The urbanisation of the state has thrown up a number of challenges. The re-distribution of political power away from the villages, the migration of large numbers of people to cities (including from other states), the changing nature of the new economy, the threats to the environment and the character of old cities, are all issues that we must grapple with and overcome equitably and sustainably.

Publication Date:

01/11/2009

Source: Urban Development Department

Tags:

Environment, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Poverty, Governance, Karnataka, Bangalore, Urban Development Department, Habitat And Urbanisation, Urbanisation

Water Resources

Plan-project disconnect on water management

M G Devasahayam

Seawater desalination finds no mention in the Chennai Second Master Plan. Desalination plants are energy guzzlers and their cost of production would be high. Yet, the government is aggressively pursuing these projects

Publication Date:

20/10/2009

Source: New Indian Express (Chennai)

Tags:

Water Resources, Water Management, Urban Water Harvesting, Desalination, Urbanisation, Urban Planning, Tamil Nadu, Chennai (T)

Transport