Agriculture

 Goa's disappearing <i>khazan</i> farms dying a slow death

Hilaro Siquera used to own a 243-hectare farm in Divar, about 6 km from Goa's capital, Panaji. His land isn't cultivable any more

Publication Date: 
14/06/2007
Indrajit Bose
Down to Earth
Tags:
Estuaries, Wetlands, Soil Salinisation, Land Reclamation, Agriculture, Mangroves, Aquaculture, Urbanisation, Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity, Life Science, India, Goa
Poverty

 A look at world urban population

Homo sapien as an urban, undeveloped species >> From 1950 to 2000, the urban population of the world quadrupled

Publication Date: 
14/03/2007
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Urban Water Supply, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Urban Habitat, Migration, Urbanisation, Urban Sprawl, Urban Housing, Slums, Urban Sanitation, Population, Population Trends, Poverty, Developing Countries, Statistics, Rural Poverty
Air Pollution

 IN COURT

J&K project through: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court recently granted a stay on a decision by the state government to cancel a contract for the 1,200-MW Sawalakote hydroelectric power project. The

Publication Date: 
30/12/2006
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Pollution, Global Warming, Hydroelectricity, Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Green Spaces, Legislation, High Court, United States Of America (US), California, Jammu & Kashmir, Doda (D)
Forests

 Goa regional plan has public up in arms

After a delay of over six years, Goa has a 400-page blueprint for development. But the Goa Final Regional Plan 2011 has environmental groups, urban planners and the public up in arms. They want it to

Publication Date: 
14/12/2006
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Forests, Mangroves, Urbanisation, Urban Planning, Urban Land, High Court, India, Goa
Industry

 Urban plan for Sindh coastal belt will hit fisherfolk, biodiversity

The Economic Coordination Committee of the federal cabinet of Pakistan approved the proposal of the Diamond Bar Island City in October 2006. The project, to be built on the 4,856-hectacre (ha) Buddo and Bundal islands located off the southwestern tip of Karachi coast, is facing stiff resistance because it poses an environmental threat to marine life and the mangroves, besides being a livelihood issue for the fisherfolk.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2006
S Raza Hassan
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Ecosystems, Marine Life, Urbanisation, Fisherfolk, Biodiversity, Pakistan, Karachi, Sindh
Environment

 Urban areas can support biodiversity

Finding space in our city for nature

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Kartik Shanker
Down to Earth
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Environment, Urbanisation, Urban Planning, Urban Environment, Birds, Research, Environment Education, India, Global, Urban Habitat
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
Sunita Narain
Down to Earth
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Water Conservation, Urban Water Supply, Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Decay, Slums, Urban Transport, Urban Sanitation, Poverty, Industry, India
Industry

 Shanghai-ed

Finance minister P Chidambaram goes to Mumbai to deliberate, with its corporati, upon urban renewal, and promises sparkling growth for this bursting metropolis. On the way to the venue, he is

Publication Date: 
14/06/2005
Sunita Narain
Down to Earth
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Urban Agriculture, Drinking Water, Urbanisation, Slums, Sanitation, Plastics, Waste Disposal, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), India, Mumbai
Environment

 Measures to measure

Environmental Meteorology

Publication Date: 
30/08/2004
T V Jayan
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Urbanisation
Agriculture

 Disappearing fields

Urbanisation takes its toll on farmlands

Publication Date: 
30/01/2003
Down to Earth
Tags:
CITES, Agriculture, Development, Urbanisation, Space Technology, Research

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