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August 17, 2020

India Must Plan New Strategy for Cities to Reap Full Benefits of ‘Self-Reliance’ Initiative

Current transport networks in large Indian cities are woefully inadequate for integrating the labor markets created by new growth clusters across metropolitan regions. Photo by Smith Mehta/Unsplash

Blogs

August 6, 2020

These South Asian Companies Are Restoring Farms And Forests

These companies take a variety of approaches to growing the restoration economy, an entire ecosystem of companies that regenerate the land and rural livelihoods

Blogs

August 5, 2020

Is urban India going underwater again?

With heavy rains also occurring across many cities, the tension is ripe about urban areas.

Blogs

August 3, 2020

TANGEDCO sees red amid lockdown blues

TANGEDCO’s growing debt has resulted in its credit rating being downgraded. With a credit rating of BBB and a negative outlook, the utility will find it difficult to raise additional funds needed to ensure uninterrupted power supply. Photo: Neelkamal Deka / Unsplash

Blogs

July 29, 2020

Ephemeral Islands: Access to energy in the char regions of Assam

Ramhari char: Nurses waiting for a boat to take then to the sub-centre where they work.

Blogs

July 27, 2020

Tactical Urbanism : An adaptive tool for safe distancing

Tactical Urbanism is one such jugaad (innovative process) to achieve this in a systematic and cost-effective way.

Blogs

July 24, 2020

What do MSMEs want? Perspectives from a conversation with NCR’s industrial associations

MSMEs have been identified as an engine of economic growth being the second largest employers after agriculture providing 11 crore jobs.

Blogs

July 23, 2020

Innovative financing will be key to restoring public transport

Securing safe public transport can ensure that workers efficiently access workplaces.

Blogs

July 10, 2020

Photo essay: People-centred street designs as lessons from Raahgiri Day Street stories

My experiences also highlight how these events often become a channel for steering a conversation in different fields and developing opportunities for new ideas and innovation

Blogs

July 1, 2020

Could COVID-19 help rethink India’s informal sector issues?

Challenges before the workers are not entirely new, but the ongoing pandemic demands solutions more urgently than ever.

Blogs

June 27, 2020

Applying Demand aggregation across value chains for Green Recovery

Blogs

June 23, 2020

Feeding into metro rail: New mobility services for last mile commute

The BMRCL invited bids from private two-wheeler rental enterprises for a 3-year contract to allocate parking space at its metro stations for last-mile services.

Sustainable Cities

Blogs

June 17, 2020

Back to business: Enabling public bus systems post COVID-19

Cities
bus rapid transit (BRT)
public participation
transportation

Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown, STUs did not earn much from ticket sales and had little capital to cover costs.

Cities
bus rapid transit (BRT)
public participation
transportation

Blogs

June 10, 2020

Going local for Climate Action

Climate Smart Cities
Urban Planning
Urban Development
Cambio Climático
climate legislation

The ULBs possess most up-to-date knowledge on local environment, population and city happenings and times of crisis, are most accessible authority for citizens.

Climate Smart Cities
Urban Planning
Urban Development
Cambio Climático
climate legislation

Blogs

June 9, 2020

Energy for Development in Climate Vulnerable Areas

Sustainable Cities

Blogs

June 3, 2020

Could the pandemic help rethink Bengaluru’s traffic issues?

Before the old normal takes over, the city must implement some course corrections.

Blogs

June 1, 2020

South Asia Confronts a Double Disaster: Cyclone and COVID-19

Bangladesh and India are no strangers to extreme cyclones and have been preparing for moments like this for decades.

Blogs

May 21, 2020

Fighting COVID-19: A Solar-powered Hospital in Rural Jharkhand Takes on the Pandemic

Climate

Blogs

May 21, 2020

Fighting COVID-19: A Solar-powered Hospital in Rural Jharkhand Takes on the Pandemic

Sustainable Cities

Blogs

May 19, 2020

Reconfiguring public spaces within the new normal

Cities
development
Livable Neighbourhoods
Urban Development
sustainable development goals

A community park in Delhi, India

Cities
development
Livable Neighbourhoods
Urban Development
sustainable development goals

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