The Great FSI Debate: FSI versus Quality of Life
Floor Space Index is a tool for optimum ‘land consumption’ and ‘building density’. There is an on-going discussion about vertical…
Has JNNURM succeeded in addressing urban poverty?
Ignorance is not bliss! – for Small and Medium Cities towards addressing urban poverty through JNNURM Pan-India ONE solution for…
The perfect is the enemy of the good!
photo credit: Emmanuel Dyan Recently I had an opportunity to participate in two engaging dialogues. One, a presentation by Patricia Clarke…
The Poor- Excluded from their own common natural resource management
The Bani, a sacred grove spread over 200 hectares (ha), has been treasured by and cared for centuries by the…
Urban form to achieve sustainable livable cities
Economist Steven Sheppard and CLEAR institute have estimated that based on the current pattern of development with peripheral development and…
The City – My tryst with Myself
The City – My tryst with Myself What is it really about urbanization, about urban life, about cities, about new…
The Race between Cities.
Urbanization is a chase for economic development and revenue generation for our states and cities. Urban areas are attempting to…
Rethinking urban mobility
Rethinking urban mobility : Sustainable Urban Transport One of the key aspects of urban sustainability lies in the relationship between…
Approaches in transforming Informal settlements.
Can we ever develop an all encompassing formula towards improving informal settlement that works in all situations? We have discovered…
Emerging urban geographies
Never in human history have we been faced with urban situations the likes of which we will see in the…