Indigenous peoples are crucial for conservation – a quarter of all land is in their hands
Land owned or managed by indigenous people is valuable for conservation. About 65% of indigenous lands have not been intensively …
Water-sensitive innovations to transform health of slums and environment
A five-year project announced today will implement an innovative water-sensitive approach tailored to informal settlements. The goal is to …
Integration of culture with urban strategies can make cities sustainable
Culture is what makes cities attractive and creative. Sans culture, cities are merely concrete and steel constructions prone to social and …
Tea garden workers celebrate Dehradun’s failure to make it to smart cities list
City residents say the smart city is proposed in an area with tea gardens which are home to rich biodiversity
India ranks third in the world in the LEED Green Building rankings
The rank can be a powerful tool in the country's efforts for the 100 Smart Cities initiative
Nepal earthquake: reminder for India on structural safety
It is not enough to have codes for making buildings earthquake-resistant, these have to be enforced on ground
Simply creative
General principles of architecture are imaginatively applied to create a green building in Gurgaon
An order of chaos
National Green Tribunal's decision to declare an area of 10 km radius around Okhla Bird Sanctuary as ecologically sensitive has put the future …
Ten dead, six injured in Mumbai building collapse
Yet another building collapses amid allegations of illegal modifications; number still trapped unknown
Dengue - reality bites
The millions affected have many to curse -- the mosquitoes, officials and the scientific communityby Ritu Gupta
Echoes of Joshimath? Residents assume Teesta NHPC dam could have caused landslide near Gangtok on March 26
Officials say there would have been casualties had the slide taken place during the day
The problem with India’s spatial planning: Experts write to PM
Land use planning receives little attention in India, leading to urban sprawl, overcrowding, pollution, traffic congestion, urban flooding
What caused land subsidence in Joshimath?
The reasons behind this are the National Thermal Power Corporation’s Tapovan-Vishnugad hydropower project and Helang bypass, which …
World Cities Day: Clock ticking for India’s urban areas; act now, say experts
The time has come for active policies to make sustainable modes work for all income levels, they say
Book Digest: Mapping immigration as hope, chasing world-class urbanism and more
From accounts of urban history to state of Indian agriculture, DTE tracks new, contemporary books on environment and development from leading …
Urbanisation, changing cropping patterns contribute to temperature rise: Study
Shift from kharif to rabi has led to warming of up to 30 per cent in many regions, says a researcher from IIT Bhubaneswar
The push to drive indigenous people out of forests
Life of a Dongria Kondh tribal offers insights on Indian government’s reckless interventions into the lives of indigenous people
Tribals observe 13th anniversary of Kalinga Nagar firing
13 years on, tribals march in Odisha to mark anniversary of brutal killings in Ambagadia village
New Delhi is running out of water
Access to clean and regular water remains a challenge for New Delhi, a city that could easily tackle its water crisis with greater effort
Jostling for jhuggi land
The Shakur Basti eviction drive calls for a thorough review of the railways’ mandate, politics of urban land and housing of urban poor
Are vendors only encroachers of Delhi’s footpaths?
The authorities must consider removing illegally parked vehicles first and allot designated spaces on roads to street vendors
Development handcuffed
Confidential audit exposes financial, planning lapses in Andhra’s urban renewal mission
New rules for coasts
Environment ministry notifies CRZ 2011. It has pro-builder bias, say fishers and activists
Figure it out yourself
A striking fact about water in India is the lack of reliable data about all its aspects: total potential, available supply and demand
Can mountains of Himachal Pradesh bear weight of heliports and helicopters?
To protect the state from natural disasters, the government should seek the opinion of environmental experts, geologists and local people before …
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