Talking about inclusive cities has become fashionable today. It appears that conclaves and round tables on urban issues cannot be…

Urbanization is a chase for economic development and revenue generation for our states and cities. Urban areas are attempting to…

One look at our roads will tell you that there is a desperate need for a reserved public car parking…

Compared to suburban greenfield sites, developing infill brownfield property is complicated and costly. We must level the playing field by…

Architects begin with programs for building. The program is measurable, quantifiable, a finite entity (something that accountants love). But life…

The slums prevalent in many Indian cities are an evidence of the massive shortage of low cost housing. The census…

Urban Planners : There are very few trained urban planners, maybe less than the number of municipal corporations, so urban…

As Mumbai matures and harbors aspirations of becoming a world-class city or an international business center, the City needs to…

Affordable Housing Strategy: The city has a housing shortage of 2.62 million units in 2009.This will almost double to 4.47…

photo credit: bernardoh For the past three years, I have been participating as well as watching the circus of urban…