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TopicUrbanisation

Topic: urbanisation

Encourage IIT, IIM graduates to work in smaller towns. Decongest big cities like US, Japan, Spain do

By 2036, 40% of India’s population will reside in cities. This presents significant challenges—the problem isn’t the pace of urbanisation, but the failure to sustain the expansion.

Real estate market is waging a war against Goa’s soul

The future of Goa can no longer lie in the endless parcelling of its paradise, but in reimagining what makes a place truly valuable.

India’s urbanization offers great potential for its economic goals—ADB study

Evaluating 12 cities across seven states, the ABD has suggested a framework to facilitate job creation and economic growth in Indian cities.

Urbanisation behind 60% of warming trend in Indian cities, tier-2 towns in the east worst-affected

Study by researchers at IIT-Bhubaneswar, published in Nature, find that night temps have been rising across India, but rate at which cities are heating up higher than non-urban areas.

39 flamingos hit by aircraft — why their migratory journeys are becoming increasingly perilous

Incident raises concerns about impact of city development on wildlife, such as tall buildings & light pollution forcing birds to fly at higher altitudes. Environmentalists demand action.

New satellite towns & digital land records in BJP’s roadmap to manage urbanisation

Previous governments looked at urbanisation as a challenge, but BJP sees it as an opportunity, said Prime Minister Modi during release of BJP manifesto ahead of Lok Sabha election.

Ensure fast urbanising districts don’t remain ‘blind spots’ — Bengaluru think tank to policymakers

Janagraaha says there is need for 3-tier spatial planning process: regional plan for metropolitan area, municipal plan for city govt area & ward plan at neighbourhood level.

Does urbanisation end caste, religious differences? Developmental economists measure ‘segregation’ in India

Researchers claim likelihood of availing govt facilities drops in areas where scheduled castes, Muslims are in majority & their children fare worse than students from non-marginalised groups.

Tokyo is seeing once-in-a-century urban development plans. The factors behind it

High-rise buildings, new transport links, and disaster management plans are coming up in Tokyo. There are several reasons for the dizzying growth.

The urban redesign that will shape future cities

Covid-19 has had a profound impact on how urban planners and leaders approach infrastructure, finance their operations and attract residents.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.