Habitat And Urbanisation

Unplanned urbanisation leaves Dhaka vulnerable to quakes

Random violation of building codes and unplanned urbanisation has compounded the capital Dhaka

Publication Date: 
23/09/2010
Taib Ahmed
New Age (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Bangladesh, Urbanisation, Natural Disasters, Dhaka, Earthquakes
Water Resources

Cartier Bressons Sabarmati lost?

Esther David

Once upon a time, Ahmedabad had a river. Sabarmati. The city grew around her and her banks were used for various activities and religious rituals.
Today, the scenario has changed.

Publication Date: 
23/09/2010
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Sabarmati, Rivers, Water Resources, Urbanisation, Gujarat, Ahmedabad (T)
Water Resources

City will face water shortage by 2026: Report

Gokul Chandrasekar | ENS Growing urbanisation and industrialisation have led to overexploitation of about 37 per cent of Chennai's groundwater blocks TAPS in the metro still go dry, and the water that flows out could be muddy at times. Yet the scene isn't that nightmarish as it could be 16 years from now.

Publication Date: 
22/09/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Urban Water Supply, Water Supply, Chennai (T), Tamil Nadu, Groundwater, Urbanisation, Water Distribution, Water Disputes
People

Slum population to touch 19.4 lakh by by 2017

BHUBANESWAR: As the State

Publication Date: 
15/09/2010
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Population, Slums, Habitat And Urbanisation, People, Urbanisation
Habitat And Urbanisation

Report of the committee on slum statistics/census

A Government of India expert committee has suggested that India

Publication Date: 
02/09/2010
Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Tags:
Slums, India, Statistics, Urbanisation, Population, Poverty, Urban Development, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Habitat And Urbanisation
Poverty

Food security atlas of rural Rajasthan

Rajasthan is under the grip of severe food insecurity with 22 of its 32 districts being labeled as ‘most food insecure’ in this study released by Institute for Human Development & World Food Programme.  

Publication Date: 
01/09/2010
Institute for Human Development
Tags:
Food Security, Environment, Poverty, Economy, Urbanisation, Health, Nutrition, Immunisation, Children, Drinking Water, Agriculture, Agricultural Labourers, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Rajasthan
Poverty

Report on the state of food insecurity in urban India

This new report on the state of food insecurity in urban India by MSSRF shows that the period of economic reforms and high GDP growth has not seen an unambiguous improvement in urban food security across all States.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2010
& et al, R. Rukmani, V. B. Athreya, R. V. Bhavani
M S Swaminathan Research Foundation
Tags:
Food Security, India, Poverty, Agricultural Labourers, Urbanisation, Unemployment, Slums, Informal Sector, Urban Housing, Agriculture, Food Prices, Drinking Water, Nutrition, Child Health
Climate Change

India city profile: climate and disaster resilience

This recent report by Christian Aid based on study across 12 Indian cities explores whether they are ready to withstand climate-related disasters and presents detailed report for these cities including policy implications in relation to Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). 

This study initiates a discourse on urban risk reduction, inclusive of disaster and cl

Publication Date: 
01/09/2010
Christian Aid India
Tags:
Climate, Climate Change, Natural Disasters, India, Aizawl (T), Amritsar (T), Bhubaneswar, Delhi, Guwahati, Jaipur (T), Kanpur (T), Calcutta (T), Nagpur (T), Port Blair, Shimla (T), Varanasi (T), Urbanisation
Natural Disasters

World disasters report 2010: focus on urban risk

The 2010 World Disasters Report (WDR) focuses on urban risk in the context of a world which is urbanizing rapidly, where over half the world’s population now live in cities for the first time and more people than ever before live in slums.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2010
Denis McClean
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Urban Development, Urban Environment, Global, India, Urbanisation, Poverty, Food Security, Climate Change, Disaster Preparedness
Climate Change

Climate risks and adaptation in Asian coastal megacities: a synthesis report

The main objective of this report is to strengthen understanding of climate-related risks and impacts in coastal megacities in developing countries using case studies of three cities that are different in their climate, hydrological, and socioeconomic characteristics.

Publication Date: 
31/08/2010
The World Bank
Tags:
Climate Change, Urbanisation, Asia, India, Urban Planning, Coastal Development, Coastal Erosion, Urban Environment, Climate Impacts

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