The Race between Cities.
Urbanization is a chase for economic development and revenue generation for our states and cities. Urban areas are attempting to…
Media , PPP , FSI …
One look at our roads will tell you that there is a desperate need for a reserved public car parking…
Smart Growth
Compared to suburban greenfield sites, developing infill brownfield property is complicated and costly. We must level the playing field by…
Life Between Buildings
Architects begin with programs for building. The program is measurable, quantifiable, a finite entity (something that accountants love). But life…
Housing India
The slums prevalent in many Indian cities are an evidence of the massive shortage of low cost housing. The census…
The (Indian) Urban Dictionary
Urban Planners : There are very few trained urban planners, maybe less than the number of municipal corporations, so urban…
Why Mumbai Needs a Strategic Urban Design/ Ecological Master Plan
As Mumbai matures and harbors aspirations of becoming a world-class city or an international business center, the City needs to…
3 – Point Agenda for Mumbai.
Affordable Housing Strategy: The city has a housing shortage of 2.62 million units in 2009.This will almost double to 4.47…
India's Urban Planning – Chaos theory
photo credit: bernardoh For the past three years, I have been participating as well as watching the circus of urban…
Would you betray your own race?
Would you betray your own race? If you watched the latest James Cameron blockbuster movie “Avatar” and were passionately backing…