This report documents a wide range of projects, programmes and plans currently being pursued by African cities as part of a new mode of low-carbon urbanism that is simultaneously helping to realise virtuous
Carbon-based liquid fuels are highly valued for transportation; they are the world's largest form of commercial energy and second largest source of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Strategies
an anti-auto movement in Canada has the people humming. The campaign was recently launched to wean more Canadians from the polluting automobile and encourage them to take to the eco-friendly
A mechanical snag in a vehicle on much-criticised corridor has caused a major traffic jam near Panchsheel Enclave on Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand corridor this morning. There was no arrangement of cranes to remove the vehicle from the car track. It was 10.20 am when the Tata Sumo stopped on the track due to some snag. The driver tried to restart the vehicle but he could not. Finally the occupants of the Sumo pushed the vehicle on the cycle track. By the time it was removed from the track, there was jam from Panchsheel to Moolchand flyover.
The observed sea surface temperature in the Southern Ocean shows a substantial warming trend for the second half of the 20th century. Associated with the warming, there has been an enhanced atmospheric hydrological cycle in the Southern Ocean that results in an increase of the Antarctic sea ice for the past three decades through the reduced upward ocean heat transport and increased snowfall.
With a hand up in the air, a motley juggernaut of cars, bikes, autos, cycles and handcarts on the busy Chirag Dilli crossing comes to a halt. Heads turn expectantly towards the hand for the go signal. In minutes, another wave of hand, and the traffic is snaking furiously ahead.
The Delhi state government has taken certain steps to control pollution in the city
<p>Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organised a Stakeholder Workshop on Air quality and transportation challenges in Kathmandu on December 27 in collaboration with Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Government of Nepal. </p>
New design cycle-rickshaw are slated to hit Delhi roads in the near-future as the Asian Institute of Transport Management(AITM) in the Capital has developed the prototype of a new type passenger
<p>Recolonisation of soil by macrofauna (especially ants, termites and earthworms) in rehabilitated open-cut mine sites is inevitable and, in terms of habitat restoration and function, typically of great
EFFI-CYCLE 2012, an inter collegiate design cum race competition, is being hosted at University Institute of Engineering and Technology from October 12 to 14. It is an initiative of SAEINDIA, Northern
This report gives a Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) and carbon footprint analysis on a selection of industrial bamboo products. The LCA is made for cradle-to-gate, plus the end-of-life stages of the bamboo
New Delhi: More than a fortnight after the Delhi high court ordered the Delhi government to conduct a fresh study of the bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor at Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand, the framework of the
The key lesson
PRASHANT PANDEY Nov. 16: Cycle rickshaws in the city may get registered like other commercial motorised vehicles as the lieutenant governor has asked the Municipal Corp-oration of Delhi to redraft their rickshaw policy. The rickshaws may be categorised along the lines of slabs made for property tax.
<p>Any commodity can be described by its unique set of attributes. These attributes can include intrinsic characteristics, such as what the commodity is (e.g., natural gas), and where, how, and by whom
This report outlines the core argument of Share the Road, a campaign that works to help re-balance the current state of road investments across all modes.
Ashis Nandy, eminent political psychologist and sociologist, on India's urban crisis On the automobile culture Societies that developed cars have also found ways to manage and regulate them.
The ICCT commissioned the Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Thermodynamics of the Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) to conduct track and chassis dynamometer testing to determine the aerodynamic
<p>A comprehensive survey, setting India’s policy options in the context of international experience and assessing technology costs versus health and economic benefits under several scenarios. Rising
