Union home minister Amit Shah, on December 26, 2019, laid the foundation stone for the country’s first transit-oriented development (TOD) project in New Delhi, under which a state-of-the-art infrastructure zone, including the national capital’s … READ FULL STORY
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched the ‘Cities for our Future competition’, in partnership with the United Kingdom National Commission for UNESCO and the Association of Commonwealth Universities. The challenge calls … READ FULL STORY
With rapid urbanisation, the biggest challenge faced by cities and metropolitan areas, is traffic congestion, which also hinders the development of the real estate sector in such cities. Increasing population, has put significant stress … READ FULL STORY
Bengaluru is among the 10 cities in the world that might be on the verge of an imminent acute water crisis, just as the one faced by Cape Town in South Africa, a CSE-assisted … READ FULL STORY
The shortage of affordable housing in Delhi, should be viewed within the wider context of an overall housing shortage in the country. Housing supply in urban areas has not kept pace with the additional … READ FULL STORY
According to noted architect Balkrishna Doshi, a ‘smart city’ is one that is ‘integral, efficient, uses less energy, gives more choices, is more and more independent and self-sustainable’. “When a building celebrates life, then … READ FULL STORY
In order to create employment and aid growth, the government has increased budgetary and extra budgetary expenditure on infrastructure for 2018-19 to Rs 5.97 lakh crores, from Rs 4.94 lakh crores in 2017-18, finance … READ FULL STORY
With torrential rains inflicting misery in Mumbai, a senior official of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), on August 30, 2017, pointed out that the nature of the soil in the region ‘encourages good … READ FULL STORY
Unprecedented growth in Gurugram, has made enormous demands on resources, including water, energy, land, mobility and biodiversity and is generating mountains of waste. If not addressed at the early stages of growth, this can … READ FULL STORY
Cutting pollution and reducing dependency on natural resources are important, to promote green living. The first step towards green living and ensuring that we do not exploit our natural resources, begins at home. “India … READ FULL STORY
Noting that more than 70 per cent of the population will move to urban areas by 2040, Ashish Kumar Singh, the Public Works Department’s (PWD’s) principal secretary, said that “This will require investment to … READ FULL STORY
India’s future strategy for urban development intends to tap into the potential of rapid urbanisation for economic development, while at the same time addressing issues of sustainable development and climate change, announced Housing and … READ FULL STORY
Rapid urbanisation and migration of rural workforce in search of jobs, have led to increasing pressure on infrastructure and transportation in urban centres. Consequently, the debate now is whether transit-oriented development (TOD) can solve … READ FULL STORY
