Expert insights and commentary on sustainability and development in urban India.

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05 Mar 2024

A tamarind tree has been living on our ancestral plot for more than 150 years. It has been a member of our…

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26 Feb 2024

India is the seventh most climate-vulnerable country in the world, with nine of its states among the top…

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15 Jan 2024

Climate change-induced events such as heat waves and floods severely impact the quality of life in urban…

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26 Dec 2023

“Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret,…

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22 Dec 2023

Situated along the coast of the Bay of Bengal, in Puri, Odisha, the Penthakata settlement relies on the…

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15 Dec 2023

The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) that concluded earlier this week saw delegates…

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23 Nov 2023

India is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, despite an ongoing global slowdown. This…

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10 Nov 2023

India accounts for nearly one fifth of the world’s annual child births and is enjoying a demographic…

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31 Oct 2023

Earlier this month, the UK government dismissed ’15-minute cities’ – an urban planning concept that…