Environment

NGT issues notice to CRDA on Capital city project

Notices served on MoEF, A.P. govt., CRDA

Publication Date: 
28/05/2015
Vidya Venkat
Hindu (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Krishna, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Hyderabad (T), Urbanisation, Infrastructure Development, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Biodiversity

Biodiversity under threat as Melbourne's grasslands become suburbs

Ecologists have warned that Melbourne is at risk of losing more than half its native plant species over the next century, with grasslands in Melbourne's west most vulnerable to the city's urban spr

Publication Date: 
27/05/2015
Age (Australia)
Tags:
Biodiversity, Grasslands, Australia, Flora, Fauna, Ecosystems, Urbanisation
Water Resources

Wetlands losing out to urbanisation: Experts

PUNE: Expressing concern about the city and the region losing its wetlands to untamed urbanisation, experts have demanded that urban ecology should be a part of the city's infrastructure developmen

Publication Date: 
25/05/2015
Radheshyam Jadhav
Times Of India (Pune)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Pune (T), Wetlands, Urbanisation, Housing Construction, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Environment Act 1986, Water Resources
Poverty

Employment and unemployment situation in cities and towns in India (July 2011 - June 2012)

This report is based on the employment and unemployment survey conducted in the 68th round of NSS during July 2011 to June 2012. In this report, estimates of the employment and unemployment indicators are presented for each of the class 1 cities, for size class 2 towns and for size class 3 towns.

Publication Date: 
20/05/2015
National Sample Survey Office
Tags:
Unemployment, Urbanisation, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Workers, India
Climate Change

Climate change and health vulnerability in informal urban settlements in the Ethiopian Rift Valley

Climate change in Ethiopia is occurring against a backdrop of rapid population growth and urbanization, entrenched poverty and a heavy burden of disease, and there is little information on specific health risks with which to approach adaptation planning and strengthen adaptive capacity.

Publication Date: 
17/05/2015
Hilary Bambrick, Stefano Moncada, Marie Briguglio
Environmental Research Letters
1-13
Tags:
Climate Change, Health Effects, Ethiopia, Slums, Urbanisation, Urban Habitat, Poverty, Urban Sanitation, Open Defecation, Toilets, Waterborne diseases, Malnutrition, Climate Adaptation, Africa
Habitat And Urbanisation

A global map of urban extent from nightlights

Urbanization, a major driver of global change, profoundly impacts our physical and social world, for example, altering not just water and carbon cycling, biodiversity, and climate, but also demography, public health, and economy. Understanding these consequences for better scientific insights and effective decision-making unarguably requires accurate information on urban extent and its spatial distributions.

Publication Date: 
13/05/2015
Yuyu Zhou, Steven J Smith, Kaiguang Zhao & et al
Environmental Research Letters
1-11
Tags:
Urban Sprawl, Urbanisation, Remote Sensing, Urban Land Use, Urban Water Supply, Urban Sanitation, Transport, Infrastructure Development, China, United States Of America (US), N C America, Russia, Asia, Climate Change
Agriculture

Soil Loss Threatens Food Security

Scientists are already worried about the rapidly growing human population, which is approaching unsustainable levels and threatening global food security.

Publication Date: 
08/05/2015
Nature World News
Tags:
Agriculture, Food Security, Soil Resources, Soil Erosion, Starvation, Urbanisation, Climate Change
Environment

Nigeria: Lagos Climate Summit Seeks Creation of Green Fund

LIKE in other countries, stakeholders, who met at the just concluded 7th Climate Change Summit, organised by the Lagos State government has called for a need to create a Green Fund Initiative for t

Publication Date: 
05/05/2015
All Africa
Tags:
Climate Change, Nigeria, Adaptation Fund, Energy, Renewable Energy, Urbanisation, Environment, Carbon Sequestration, Transport, Green House Gases, Africa
Climate Change

Urbanization and climate change in Small Island Developing States

This document provides a contextual understanding of the challenges and opportunities of climate change in relation to human settlements in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

Publication Date: 
01/05/2015
UN-Habitat
Tags:
Urbanisation, Climate Change, Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Climate Impacts, Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather Events, Urban Planning
Climate Change

Wheezing ecosystems, livelihood services and climate change resilience in Uttar Pradesh

Increasing urbanisation and the accompanying changes in land-use patterns are leading to a silent crisis through the destruction of ecosystems and the services they provide to support the poor, as well as affecting the resilience of urban areas.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2015
Amit Mitra, Shiraz Wajih, Bijay Singh
IIED
Tags:
Urbanisation, Ecosystems, Climate Change, Ecosystem Services, Uttar Pradesh, Gorakhpur (T), Land Use, Water Supply, Sanitation, Agriculture, Health

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