Opinion Pieces

January 14, 2014 
An inefficient Delhi Jal Board will struggle to implement the AAP’s water policy.… Read More

January 6, 2015
University rankings have become an important tool to attract high-quality staff, good students and serious funding. For administrators, politicians, government officials, funding agencies and media, rankings are important.… 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