Urbanisation

Fixing India’s cities needs cutting the Gordian Knot: Failure, inaction are roadblocks to leveraging urbanisation for good

The Government of India needs to build whole-of-system capacity for urban transformation, ensuring that all urban actors learn about complexity and understand the city as a ‘system of systems’. It is imperative that we work collectively to cut the Gordian Knot – abandon the dogmas that confuse and confound us – and secure a sustainable, just and equitable urban future for all.

Reforms unleashed by Narendra Modi govt will make country very competitive; India's story has just begun: NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant

India, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was moving fast on the track of ease of doing business, the NITI Aayog CEO said

Rahul Mehrotra on how architecture is being divorced from social context, why we should revise definition of urbanity

In a masterclass at the India Culture Lab, Rahul Mehrotra held forth on the limited definition of urban in India, how architecture is being dictated more by aesthetics than utility and why we should build to foster empathy

Tiger caught in camera trap photos using underpass along NH7 highway in Nagpur

Fences & barriers in place to prevent accidents & disturbance in wildlife hotspots may not be enough.

World Cities Day: From safest to least liveable, take this quiz to check your knowledge about global cities

World Cities Day is observed on 31 October. The concept was first brought about by United Nations.

Indian teens in 6-member winning team at 'Future of buildings and cities challenge' share $7500 prize, surprise themselves with upside of global collaboration

Two Indian-born students Bani Singh, 18, of Oslo, Norway, and Arunima Sen, 16, of Bangalore, India, are part of a winning team of six students from around the world who connected across three continents and multiple times zones to top the Future of Buildings and Cities Challenge co-sponsored by United Technologies and the New York Academy of Sciences.

Home buyers looking for bigger flats of avg 1,300 sq ft size in major cities, demand increased by 4%: Survey

According to the report, Hyderabad is making the most of its affordability advantage and registered the highest demand for bigger homes

Lost City: This photo essay captures a decade's worth of dramatic change in Bengaluru

Through his photos of Bengaluru, captured over the past nine years, Pradeep KS chronicles the complete transformation of a city, its citizenry, and a way of life

India should not copy China for urbanisation, instead needs to create growth hubs across country: Niti Aayog VC

Niti Aayog VC says India does not have empowered cities and stressed the need of resurrecting the old tradition of having strong mayors in cities.

India's battle with air pollution: UNICEF report says Indian babies face high risk of brain damage

A UNICEF report has once again raised the alarm bells about high levels of air pollution and its likely impact on brain development among infants.