Homelessness is every city’s silent emergency
Urbanisation, often celebrated as the hallmark of progress, carries within it a paradox that modern societies are struggling to resolve.
Urbanisation, often celebrated as the hallmark of progress, carries within it a paradox that modern societies are struggling to resolve.
He said Tamil Nadu, being the most urbanised State in the country with a high per-capita private vehicle ownership, needs high-capacity public transport alternatives in all its large growth engine cities.
The rapid urbanisation of India has ushered in a new era of residential living, marked by the proliferation of housing societies built by government agencies, private developers, and cooperative institutions.
He was speaking at the Asian Conference on Geography (ACG 2025) at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
Man-made obstacles like irrigation canals, railway lines, and highways meandering through their habitats and traditional migratory paths are hindering the giant animals’ migration and movement for food. All
Increased urbanisation is leading to a surge in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) among young adults and even adolescents in Indians, according to the world’s largest population-based study on 30,000 symptomatic patients, published in the journal Lancet.
The high population density due to urbanisation is the main reason, which directly or indirectly drives the PM2.5 emissions in all these four metropolises, the study, based on the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) framework has said.
In the absence of institutionalised post-occupancy evaluations and feedback mechanisms quickly informing policy, government agencies concerned with housing seem to relentlessly repeat the number-achieving drill, ticking off beneficiary lists oblivious to the quality of living environments being created on ground.
Atishi highlighted five key initiatives by the Delhi government taken in the past six years related to education, healthcare, access to water, equitable power supply and electric mobility in her address at the global podium.
These destinations have somehow managed to keep themselves away from the growing pollution level with their efforts.
