The forum emphasized on measures to facilitate urban resilience to positively adapt and transform towards sustainability.
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Andhra Pradesh has decided to make the state an Innovation Valley and its capital Amaravati as an Innovation Hub!
Anthropogenic climate change is the abnormal increase in global surface temperature due to emission of greenhouse gases by human activities.
The Roshni initiative, which was launched in 2008 has been an effort to help and equip the residents of the President’s Estate to live in harmony with nature.
Cities cover less than 1% of the planet’s surface, and are home to around 50% of the world’s population, and many of them see a rapid growth trend. Taken together, all cities and urban areas worldwide use 75% of the world’s energy and are responsible for 75% of global greenhouse […]
“We should carry three tasks namely mandatory fuel economic standard, improvement in quality of fuel and fiscal policy regime. The immediate task ahead at us is to have Mandatory Fuel Economic Standards.”, announced Mr. Jairam Ramesh, Minister of Environment and Forests (I/C) in his inaugural speech at a workshop on […]
Impuri Shimray speaks to Daman Sood of IEEE on the role of green buildings in the creation of healthier and more sustainable communities as well as trend and future of green buildings in India.
Recently I revisited Oscar Lewis’ thesis of “Culture of Poverty.” Simply stated it tells you that context determines every thing. If you wear rose coloured glasses, everything appears red and if you wear blue coloured glasses every thing appears blue. There has always been a struggle between those who came […]
A disturbing phenomenon observed in most developing countries of the world is the failure of city governments in meeting the basic needs of the urban population. It is a well known fact that inadequate levels of infrastructure and services adversely affect the quality of urban life as well as the […]
The 14th of November, also known as Bal Divas, is the birthday of Chacha Nehru–our first Prime Minister and to put it in the current context–Rahul Gandhi’s great grand father. Continuity, complexity of relationships and interrelatedness to the web of life is the celebration. A beautifully done film festival called CMS […]
The UK Environment Film Fellowships have been awarded every year since 2005 to Indian environmental filmmakers, to create 12 minute impactful documentaries. Till date, 20 filmmakers have been awarded with these fellowships. Every year, a theme is decided and filmmakers are encouraged to submit proposals for films which depict originality […]
The Urban Habitats Forum (UHF) is a public awareness platform established by Mirabilis Advisory in partnership with India Habitat Center, and designed as a collaborative network of multidisciplinary thinkers and change-makers to push for innovation in shaping the next generation of cities in India. The forum aims to mobilise action […]
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