All new buildings in NCT to harvest water
The Union Urban Development Ministry has issued a notification making it compulsory for all new buildings constructed in the National Capital Territory to create provisions for roof top rain water
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Highway To hell
Ask Chennai's fisherfolk and they will tell you that the road to hell is built on stilts. Various Central and state government agencies plan to construct three controversial expressways on stilts in the
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Delhi says we are clean, smog due to neighbours
‘Will write to Environment ministry’ A day after the Supreme Court expressed concern over the smog cover over the city saying it will “deal with the matter”, the Delhi government on Wednesday absolved
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Assam to use remote sensing in urban planning
Urbanization has been haphazard in Guwahati which has increased the chances of damage in the event of an earthquake and remote sensing technology will help reduce risks posed by quakes GUWAHATI1: Remote
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People in motion, forests in transition: trends in migration, urbanization, and remittances and their effects on tropical forests
Migration is not new. In recent decades however, human mobility has increased in numbers and scope and has helped fuel a global shift in the human population from predominantly rural to urban. Migration
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Jayalalithaa announces mass cleaning programme in Chennai, suburbs
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, announced a mass cleaning programme in Chennai and its suburbs. In a ‘Suo Motu’ statement in the Assembly today, the Chief Minister, said that following
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Report on urban transport in Europe
The Green Paper on urban transport will address all transport modes, including walking, cycling, motor cycles and motor vehicles, and will cover both urban freight (and logistics)
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Polythene usage to be banned
The State Government has given written instructions to all the city municipalities, city panchayats and village panchayats against the use of polythene in urban and rural areas. It was said that the
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Kar seva for clean Gomti
Thousands of people took a pledge in Lucknow yesterday, in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Urban Development Minister, Mr. Lalji Tandon, to cleanse the
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Cities in two minds over dangerous industries
The French government has set in motion a debate likely to have a big impact on the location of dangerous and polluting industries in or close to urban areas. In the wake of the dramatic Toulouse
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DNA: Analysis of most polluted cities in India
DNA: Analysis of most polluted cities in India <iframe width="610" height="415" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/APbEkTNumE0?list=PLKD9IRjNEpXtEOmhS9gCzTA1qIxPCu9IW" frameborder="0"
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India Home To 14 Of Top 20 Air Polluted Cities
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State may make rainwater harvesting mandatory
The state government is contemplating making rainwater harvesting structures mandatory in newly-constructed buildings in all urban pockets across the state, Urban Development Minister Suresh Kumar told the Legislative Council on Friday. Speaking after piloting the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage (Amendment) Bill 2011, Suresh Kumar said the government will make suitable amendments to various
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Drainage problems in a tropical environment: Perspectives on urban quality management
This research effort is an assessment of drainage problems in the tropical environment of Ilorin, Nigeria. In order to achieve the philosophy of the work, the following data have been sourced from direct fieldwork. Such data include drainage dimensions, types of wastes in drainage channels, problems of wastes and
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Scaling-up of climate resilient housing in Gorakhpur, India
The poor in cities are faced with dual challenge – that of housing shortages and of increased vulnerability to climate change impacts, given the location of their houses as well as their capacities to
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Influence of climate change and meteorological factors on Houston’s air pollution: Ozone a case study
We examined the past 23 years of ground-level O3 data and selected meteorological parameters in Houston, Texas, which historically has been one of the most polluted cities in the United States. Both 1-h
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The buck stops here
THE GERMAN minister for environment, nature protection and reactor safety, Klaus Topfer, is among those who blame the West for a major role in polluting the earth. Or, so he was at pains to establish
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Shared and public toilets: championing delivery models that work
Access to safe, clean sanitation facilities throughout the day is important as safely managed sanitation helps protect both human health and the environment. Although there has been impressive progress
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The security of cities: development, environment, and conflict on an urbanizing planet
Humankind recently crossed an important threshold: over half of all people now live in cities. In contrast to most of human history, cities have become the default condition for human habitation almost
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A new wave
High or low, far or wide, cellular communication systems are poised to conquer them all