What is the real cost of the Mumbai Coastal Road Project?
Such projects pose a threat to fragile coastal ecosystems and affect livelihoods; most are built on reclaimed land and ignore the eco-…
Slums and Society
A slum, as defined by the United Nations agency UN-HABITAT, is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and …
Maharashtra soft on Lavasa?
Yet to implement environment ministry’s order on the project
Howl of the hills
Rooted to earth
‘Modern buildings cannot breathe’
Kolkata-based architect Laurent Fournier tells how ceilings can float and why bamboo-reed-mud make more sense than brick-concrete-steel
An urban puzzle
India’s population and cities are set to double by 2030. Can it cope with the pressures?
Decline of the Aravallis
The pressure on land threatens the vivid and spectacular biodiversity of these hills
Third World energy in terms of US policy
Fueling Development: Energy Technologies for Developing Countries Publisher: US Congress, Office of Technological Assessment, 1992 Price: Not …
Nurture nature
To achieve economic growth and poverty alleviation, it is imperative to constantly replenish environmental resources
Green home
‘My mentor Laurie Baker’
BENNY KURIAKOSE began his architecture career in 1984. He was one of the privileged few who worked under the tutelage of Laurie Baker which …
Greenest of all
Model building design that helps save energy and money by exploiting the sun’s movement
Dhamaal Growth
NIDHI JAMWAL wonders what happened after Gurgaon got colonyfied
Court questions sealing relief law
Delhi to explain how the law is relevant to the Capital’s planned development
Crisis of governance
People in urban scheduled areas suffer as Centre fails to legislate
Scrap Lavasa township: petition
Pune project does not have environmental clearance from Centre
Built to last
A Rajasthan village has cylindrical houses that help people cope with extreme weather events
The great wetland grab
Guwahati allows construction on wetlands, but will not spare poor settlers on hills. A photo narrative by Sayantan Bera
Fixing old houses on Himalaya
German architect Andre Alexander has been restoring old buildings in the Tibetan capital Lhasa for 15 years now. Over the past few years he has …
No land to farm
With urbanisation of rural areas, space for food production in India is decreasing
Megacities get a Central boost
Taking big business to the trash cans
Birds flee winter home
Development work destroying wetlands, wildlife habitat in Bhopal