Trapped in a quagmire

Pollution, disorderly urban growth and inadequate basic services are plaguing the Kathmandu valley and adversely affecting tourism, the valley's …

Fishers at bay

When it was introduced in 1991, Coastal Regulation Zone was a blanket notification to protect India's coast and fisherfolk. In 17 years, it was …

From the blurbs

A tale of two cities

'Redevelopment disguises landgrab'

Dharavi survey eliminates tenants

Majority of residents may not be eligible for free housing

Embodied energy demystified

Building materials are much more energy-intensive than perceived. India lags in taking steps to reduce their use

Small towns Big mess

India's urban environment is a ghastly cocktail of prosperity, poverty and pollution. A study of eight towns moving towards the precipice of disaster

Fewer days for the slumdog

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Keep it flowing

Tour of a house that thrives on air circulation, saves energy cost

Shaking trade

Seawind gets a helipad

E-tendering saves Rs 2.50 crore

Wasted

Mumbai fixes space for hawkers

Vendors call policy anti-business  

What’s good insulation?

Many architects use imported, expensive and environmentally inappropriate material

Slums as self-confrontation

The attempt to free cities of slums will only make them invisible  

The myth of green building

How smart is a smart city?

Stress in the city

How brain behaves when stress builds up

Agartala's highrises get notice

A recipe sans ingredients

City scan

How happy are people living in cities?

Realty bill ignores reality

Real estate regulations silent on housing for low income group

Slumdog sleuths unearth scam

Housing authority was rehabilitating them in illegally built multi-storeys