For Resilience, Return to the Human City
December 10, 2013
An old business management adage says, “You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” This also applies to urban planning.… Read More
December 10, 2013
An old business management adage says, “You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” This also applies to urban planning.… Read More
November 13, 2013
In India, the country’s pollution watchdog noted last month that water from half of the its 445 rivers is unfit for human consumption because nearly all major Indian cities discharge domestic wastewater, mostly without treatment.… Read More
November 12, 2013
Urbanization is vital to China’s development over the next decade. In fact, the secondary cities will be just as important as the first-tier cities, if not more so, because they will play a key role in fueling China’s inland growth.… Read More
November 7, 2013
The Indian city of Nagpur is familiar with being at the center of things: Its statue of four horses, known as the Zero Mile Stone, marks the center of India.… Read More
October 28, 2013
The world is now facing an immense challenge as tens of millions of people leave the rural areas each year in Africa, Asia and Latin America to seek a higher standard of living in cities.… Read More
October 25, 2013
To be globally competitive, these hubs must learn to carefully manage growth impacts.… Read More
September 11, 2013
The gap between what is needed and what is available is large and steadily expanding.… Read More
August 23, 2013
Governments need to be savvier in getting evidence of how the haze harms their countries, and work with activist groups to press neighbours to act.… Read More
July 6, 2013
Rising demand, poor management practices and erratic rainfall patterns are causing water crises.… Read More
June 5, 2013
As we mark the World Environment Day (June 5), it would be pertinent to reflect on why a serious issue like water and its close interrelationship with the environment has for all practical purposes disappeared from the global political agenda.… Read More