Urbanisation

Big pixel initiative develops remote sensing analysis to help map global urbanization

Researchers at University of California San Diego's Big Pixel Initiative are using unique tools to map urban areas around the globe, potentially revolutionizing large-scale analysis of urbanization

Publication Date:

15/09/2016

Source: Science Daily

Tags:

Habitat And Urbanisation, Urbanisation, Global, Remote Sensing, India

Wildlife

One in 10 UK wildlife species faces extinction, major report shows

State of Nature reveals the destructive impact of intensive farming, urbanisation and climate change on plants, animals and habitats

Publication Date:

15/09/2016

Source: Business Green

Tags:

Wildlife, United Kingdom (UK), Endangered Species, Agriculture, Urbanisation, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Habitat

Water Resources

Andhra Pradesh set to face water crisis

Water consumption by irrigation, domestic, industry to increase by 50%.

Publication Date:

13/09/2016

Source: Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)

Tags:

Andhra Pradesh, Drinking Water Scarcity, Irrigation, Urbanisation, Water Supply

Sanitation

Rajasthan State Sewerage and Waste Water Policy-2016

Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to approve sewage and waste water policy. The first of its kind policy was approved by the State Cabinet meeting presided by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje in Jaipur.

Publication Date:

07/09/2016

Source: Government of Rajasthan

Tags:

Wastewater Treatment, Sewage, Rajasthan, Sanitation, Urbanisation

Forests

Green ministry wants NCR forest cover at 20%

NEW DELHI: The environment ministry wants the forest cover to be increased to 20% in National Capital Region (NCR) from the present 6%.

Publication Date:

07/09/2016

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Trees, Afforestation, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Urbanisation, Industrial Pollution, Forests

Air Pollution

Urbanization effect on sunshine duration during global dimming and brightening periods in China

There is an ongoing debate on whether the observed decadal variations in surface solar radiation, known as "dimming and brightening", are a global or just local phenomenon. We investigated this issue using a comprehensive set of long-term sunshine duration records from China, which experienced a rapid growth in urbanization during past decades. 172 pairs of urban and nearby rural stations were analyzed over the period 1960–1989 ("dimming phase") and 1990–2013 ("brightening phase").

Publication Date:

05/09/2016

Author(s): Yawen Wang, Martin Wild, Arturo Sanchez-Lorenzo & et al

Source: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

pp:

1-20

Tags:

Urbanisation, China, Solar Radiation, Air Pollution, Urban Air Quality, Atmosphere

Natural Disasters

N-K flooding caused by loss of forest cover in Krishna basin'

The loss of forest cover in the Krishna basin took place prior to 2000, which also led to change in water flow and higher sedimentation level.

Publication Date:

05/09/2016

Source: Deccan Herald (Bangalore)

Tags:

Karnataka, Krishna, Floods, Monsoons, Deforestation, Urbanisation, Natural Disasters

Climate Change

Co-benefits of urban climate action: a framework for cities

C40 aims to support cities to “understand value and then make the case for individual climate actions based on the environmental, economic and social costs and benefits” of those actions.

Publication Date:

01/09/2016

Author(s): Graham Floater, Catarina Heeckt, Matthew Ulterino, & et al

Source: Economics of Green Cities Programme

Tags:

Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, Green House Gases, Urbanisation, India, Global

Habitat And Urbanisation

Humanity on the move: unlocking the transformative power of cities

The momentum of urbanization and its impacts are so massive that we must face up to this trend. In view of the existing cognitive, technical, economic and institutional path dependencies, a policy of business as usual – i.e. an unstructured, quasi-automatic urbanization – would lead to a non-sustainable ‘world cities society’.

Publication Date:

01/09/2016

Source: German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)

Tags:

Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Environment, India, Global, Climate Change, Urban Land Use, Health, Air Pollution, Governance, Urban Planning

Biodiversity