Urban Sanitation

With the sewage system of Baghdad collapsing recently after four days of incessant rain, the city was left at the mercy of waterborne diseases. In some areas of the city drinking water was getting

Publication Date:

14/02/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Quality, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Waterborne diseases, Sanitation, Urban Sanitation, Iraq

Solid Waste

Waste dumping hits roadbock in Goa

A proposal by the Panaji municipality to make Baiguinim in old Goa a permanent waste disposal site has hit a roadblock after protests by local people and heritage experts. Spread over an area of

Publication Date:

14/10/2006

Author(s): VASUDHA SAWAIKER

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20061015

pp:

0

Tags:

Urban Sanitation, Solid Waste, Garbage, Waste Disposal, Landfill, Goa, Panaji

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

Author(s): Sunita Narain

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20061015

pp:

10

Tags:

Water Conservation, Urban Water Supply, Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Decay, Slums, Urban Transport, Urban Sanitation, Poverty, Industry, India

Solid Waste

In Short

green flag to blue lady: The Supreme Court, on June 5, 2006, gave the green light to the French cruise liner S S Norway, a k a Blue Lady, to enter Indian territorial waters and permitted it to

Publication Date:

29/06/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20060630

pp:

0

Tags:

Shipping, Nagarpalikas, Urban Sanitation, Solid Waste, Waste Disposal, Hazardous Products, Bannerghatta NP, Supreme Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Gujarat, Toxic Wastes

Wildlife

The legendary Gandhian

Pakistani social scientist Akhtar Hameed Khan, is remembered, on his first death anniversary, for his achievements in the field of urban management

Publication Date:

14/12/2000

Author(s): Anil Agarwal, Sunita Narain

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

9

Issue:

20001215

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution, Urbanisation, Urban Planning, Urban Sprawl, Urban Management, Urban Sanitation, Public Participation, Personalities, Anil Agarwal, Mahatma Gandhi, Pakistan, Karachi

India

Court bars slum dwellers defecating in the open

Residents of Delhi's slums find themselves in a Catch 22 situation. Public conveniences in the Capital are woefully inadequate, but when they are compelled to defecate outdoors, residents of adjoining colonies take them to court.

Publication Date:

14/03/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Slums, Sanitation, Urban Sanitation, India, Delhi

Industry

Faster checks

DETERMINING biological oxygen demand (BOD), an important pollution indicator, from urban sewage wastes will now be easier and faster. Scientists at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology in

Publication Date:

30/01/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Urban Sanitation, Waste Disposal, Industry