Energy

Environmental and energy sustainability: an approach for India

The report, "Environmental and Energy Sustainability: An Approach for India", identified clean power and energy-efficiency measures as having the largest potential impact on emissions, with the capability to reduce CO2 output 28 to 34 per cent by 2030.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
McKinsey & Company
Tags:
Environment, Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases, Emission Targets, Coal, Energy Efficiency, Buildings, Transport, Urbanisation, Energy, Economic Development, Industry, India, Agriculture
Habitat And Urbanisation

The little green data book 2009

The Little Green Data Book 2009 points to the world

Publication Date: 
01/06/2009
The World Bank
Tags:
Environment, Forests, Agriculture, Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases, Urbanisation, Water Supply, Sanitation, Energy, Biodiversity, Economic Development, Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, South Asia, Pollution
Habitat And Urbanisation
Ministry of Urban Development
Habitat And Urbanisation, Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Urban Housing, Delhi
India

 Much of today's environmental impacts originate in cities

The world has seen a dramatic shift to urban living. In 1900, only 10 per cent of the global population were urban dwellers; now it's more than 50 per cent. More than 95 per cent of the net increase

Publication Date: 
14/03/2008
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Pollution, Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, Urban Sprawl, Urban Environment, Population, Population Trends, India, Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta (D), Global, Statistics

Agriculture land falls marginally

The government today said the country's agriculture land has marginally fallen in 2005-06, mainly due to diversion of farm land for non-agricultural purposes.

Publication Date: 
11/03/2008
Business Standard
Tags:
Land, Urbanisation, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), India

MCD chief talks e-reforms

The new MCD commissioner K S Mehra took over charge on Wednesday from A K Nigam. Mehra had served as the principal secretary (Urban development) before this and is a 1978 batch IAS officer.

Publication Date: 
21/02/2008
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Urbanisation, Urban Development, Sanitation, Solid Waste, Municipal Bodies, Delhi
India

 Balding the urban landscape through shortsighted fiscal policies

Traditionally most urban areas in the country have grown out of rural settlements. Land use changes and population growth have precipitated urbanization in a lot of rural centres. Urbanization also

Publication Date: 
14/02/2008
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Development, Urban Habitat, Displacement, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Housing, Urban Environment, Finance, Poverty, India, Karnataka
India

 Planning Commission report on groundwater downplays industrial exploitation

a planning Commission expert group on groundwater recently released its report. Titled Groundwater management and ownership, the report suggests community-based groundwater management at the farm

Publication Date: 
14/10/2007
S V Suresh Babu
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Groundwater, Groundwater Assessment, Groundwater Regulation, Water Management, Water Harvesting, Urban Water Supply, Irrigation, Urbanisation, Planning, Public Participation, Community Groups, India
India

 New report on skewed urbanisation in India

Cities have long been held as agents of economic growth. In recent times, urban buoyancy has been cited as among the main reasons of India's consumer revolution. There is a damper though. On June 27

Publication Date: 
30/08/2007
Minti Jain
Down to Earth
Tags:
Urban Water Supply, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Urban Sprawl, Urban Management, Urban Sanitation, Poverty, Private Sector, India
Habitat And Urbanisation

 Defining urban

A minimum population of 5,000 persons At least 75 per cent of the male population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits Population density of at least 400 persons per sq km All

Publication Date: 
30/08/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Economy, Urbanisation, Workers, Developing Countries

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