Climate Change

Urbanisation, poverty, climate change: a synthesis report - India

This synthesis report covers the key findings from the ACCCRN project work in India from 2008 through 2013. This report summarizes research done as a part of ACCCRN in the areas of urbanisation and risk, future scenarios for urban areas in India, and climate change challenges.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2013
G K Bhat, Umamaheshwaran Rajasekar, Anup Karanth
Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN)
Tags:
Urbanisation, Poverty, Climate Change, India, Gorakhpur (T), Guwahati, Surat (T), Indore (T), Urban Housing, Urban Water Supply, Urban Sanitation, Urban Sprawl, Governance, Electricity
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of the river Chandrabhaga, 22/10/2013

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pradeep More & Others Vs State of Maharashtra & Others dated 22/10/2013 regarding pollution of the river Chandrabhaga.

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/1-2013%20(WZ)(OA)_22Oct2013.pdf

Judgement Date: 
22/10/2013
Tags:
Chandrabhaga, River Pollution, Waste Disposal, Sugar Industry, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Maharashtra, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Municipal Corporation, Sholapur (T), Urban Sanitation
Sanitation

Bangalore needs a scrub

DIRT REIGNS: City’s Subways, Public Loos And Bus Stands Are Best Avoided, Finds TOI Survey

Subways, public toilets, bus stands and roadside eateries – these record the most footfalls in the city every day. But one glance at these public places can deter you from taking the first step. While the subways reek of spit stains and double up as toilets, the public toilets are too filthy to be used and bus stands teem with garbage. The hygiene standards of Bangalore are poor, its global IT hub credentials notwithstanding.

Publication Date: 
15/10/2013
Garima Prasher
Times Of India (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Bangalore (T), Toilets, Garbage, Diseases, Urban Sanitation, Health Effects, Sanitation
Habitat And Urbanisation

Judgement of the High Court of Gujarat on encroachment caused by the vegetable and fruit vendors, Gora Talavadi, Baroda, 14/10/2013

Judgement of the High Court of Gujarat on encroachment caused by the vegetable and fruit vendors on 18 meters road near Gorva Talavadi in the area of Baroda under the control of the Baroda Municipal Corporation dated 14/10/2013 in the matter of Hiren Jashbhai Patel Vs Baroda Municipal Corporation.

Original Source: http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/91476280/

Judgement Date: 
14/10/2013
Tags:
Pavement Dwellers, Municipal Corporation, High Court, Vadodara (T), Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Urban Encroachments, Congestion, Urban Sanitation
Climate Change

“Shared learning” for building urban climate resilience – experiences from Asian cities

This paper considers how resilience thinking and, in particular, its emphasis on learning has been applied in 10 cities in Vietnam, India, Thailand and Indonesia. Applying a “shared learning” approach in the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) has helped to create or strengthen networks, build appreciation for complexity and uncertainty among stakeholders, provide a space for deliberating concepts such as vulnerability and resilience, and build knowledge and capacities for stakeholders to engage and represent their own interests.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2013
Sarah Orleans Reed, Richard Friend, Vu Canh Toan & et al
Environment & Urbanization
25
2
393-412
Tags:
Climate Change, Urban Habitat, India, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Climate Impacts, Knowledge, Surat (T), Indore (T), Gorakhpur (T), Climate Adaptation, Governance, Floods, Urban Waterlogging, Sewage, Solid Waste, Urban Sanitation, Urban Encroachments, Lakes, Extreme Weather Events, Poverty, Slums
Sanitation

Order of the National Green Tribunal on work relating to sewage system in Mohali, Punjab dated 03/09/2013

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Sher Singh & Others Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 03/09/2013 regarding execution of the work relating to sewage system in Mohali, Punjab.

Judgement Date: 
03/09/2013
Tags:
Sewage, Mohali (D), Punjab, Urban Sanitation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Sanitation

Residents protest over poor sanitation in Walled City

The residents of the Walled City and other parts came out on streets to protest against the miserable living conditions in the city on Sunday.

Publication Date: 
02/09/2013
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Jaipur (T), Sanitation, Municipal Corporation, Garbage, Urban Sanitation
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal on pollution of the Chandrabhaga river by industries dated 27/08/2013

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mr. Pradeep More & Others Vs State of Maharashtra & Others dated 27/08/2013 on conducting survey of all the industrial units as well as existing sugar factories which are within 10 K.M. radius

Judgement Date: 
27/08/2013
Tags:
River Pollution, Maharashtra, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Sugar Industry, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Waste, Municipal Corporation, Urban Sanitation, Religious Places, Chandrabhaga, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)
Sanitation

Poor-inclusive urban sanitation: an overview

Most of the world's population now lives in urban areas, and in developing regions the proportion living in cities and towns has risen from 35 percent in 1990 to 45 percent in 2010, from 1.4 billion to 2.5 billion people (Jacobsen et al. 2012).

Publication Date: 
01/08/2013
Peter Hawkins, Isabel Blackett, Chris Heymans
Water and Sanitation Program
Tags:
Urban Sanitation, Sanitation, Rural Sanitation, South Asia, India, Developing Countries
Sanitation

Evaluating the effectiveness of public finance for sanitation: a synthesis report

This synthesis report, based on a series of case studies (rural Thailand, Bihar in India and Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania) identifies the challenges relating to equity and sustainability of public financing for sanitation and draws emerging lessons on how to improve the allocation of public funds for sanitation.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2013
WaterAid
Tags:
Sanitation, Finance, Bihar, India, Thailand, Tanzania, Rural Sanitation, Urban Sanitation, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign)

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