The town farmers built

Lavasa’s journey downhill

Rules were bent to concentrate development in the valley, lakefront

2010 World Cup revamp: squatters evicted from Jo'burg

Delhi rain, waterlogging puts the spotlight on urban flooding

Urban flooding has become increasingly frequent in India’s major cities

This is what Lavasa looks like

Can COVID-19 inspire a new way of planning African cities?

Colonial use of planning for cultural and structural isolation, as well as for socio-economic and spatial segregation, limited Africa’s …

Architect M N Sharma on why Chandigarh's beauty is becoming history

Le Corbusier Foundation, Paris, plans to put Chandigarh in UNESCO's modern heritage list. M N Sharma, the first architect to work with Le …

Why we should place pedestrians first to create better cities

Apart from pedestrian infrastructure being equitable, continuous, shaded and comfortable, the discourse on pedestrianisation needs to be about …

No ambiguity on need for better urban planning

We need to operationalise policy on the assumption that increased frequency of extreme weather events and deepening impacts are the new baseline

Will Indian cities again drown this monsoon?

Even moderate rainfall can lead to major flooding in well-planned urban areas despite the presence of storm water drainage system

Creative conundrum

Technology alone won't deliver smart cities. That would require innovative design and creativity in solving problems

Green salute

Scientists at Maida's polytechnic college are r6versing the trend of rural upliftment through urban-basgd planning

Agenda for people's participation

Two new amendments to the Constitution promise greater effectiveness in civic administration and urban planning; but is that enough?

Urban commons: Need to develop financing framework

Urban commons are mainly dependent on governments, particularly local governments that are more often than not financially weak

Budget by the people

Pune Municipal Corporation has been successfully implementing participatory budgeting since 2005

Here comes the megacities

By 2100, at least 10 cities are predicted to have population over 50 million. How can society keep pace?

From Africa, with will

For the first time, African countries flagged off urbanisation as a factor impacting climate change at the recently held Africa Carbon Forum …

Urban commons

Down to Earth reaches out to experts to understand the scope and limitations of reimagining urban commons

No fire exits in Delhi

Bad urban planning and a corrupt administration means fires will continue to claim lives in Delhi

Earth day musings: Can this pandemic change the idea of a city?

Post-pandemic, the new normal in our cities need to be more humane and inclusive and urban renewal must be designed on a human scale

Urban commons: Rethink their management

Loss of urban ‘commons’ and ‘communing’ among larger public have a direct impact on the way a city and its society are …

What Nigerian cities can learn from the rest of the world

The rapid rate of urban population growth, fuelled by massive rural to urban migration, has overwhelmed public sector resources in the country

The waste conundrum

An experiment of decentralized solid, liquid and energy management in a Delhi colony is unique because the efficient functioning of a well …

Unfriendly neighbourhoods

In their rush to meet the housing requirements of cities, planners are turning a blind eye to the quality of the built environment

Road to cool cities: Codes based on unique ‘urban form’ can be helpful

Urban India is a heat trap, but road orientation, building materials and zone-specific master plans can drastically enhance thermal comfort