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Streets have been our oldest social spaces which connected diverse areas of the city, creating multiple spaces for communal activities and points for interaction along the way. With an increase in the growth of private vehicles and automobiles, streets were no longer seen as public spaces, rather, just a medium to traverse through, in order to get to your destination.
The two-decade-old Khau Gali, the gastronomy high-street of Ahmedabad, has returned in a new avatar as “Happy Street Ahmedabad" after it was demolished in the year 2018. Designed by National Institute of...
In a rapidly transforming mobility paradigm, India has some inherent strengths and comparative advantages. The country also has a little of the legacy of resource-blind mobility unlike other economies of similar nature....
Fresh Voices
Libraries as Community Spaces: My Love Story with the Indian Institute...
In the words of Neil Gaiman, I believe that the future depends on libraries. This conviction comes from...
Electric Buses Making Inroad in Cities in India
The urban mobility sector in India is presently facing various challenges such as increasing private vehicle ownership, degrading...
Urban Planning in India Need ‘Rethinking’ & ‘Retrofitting’ in Covid19
COVID19 has come in our lives as a blizzard unaware. In the last six months of the year...
The End of Megacities as We Know in COVID 19
From Rome to Pataliputra, cities have been engines of economic growth for ages. However, over the last couple...
India’s ‘Indigenous Peoples’ in Urgent Need of Climate Justice
India is a large country with interspersed legacy and identity largely driven out of its people and their...
The Indigenous Coastal Communities of Mumbai in Lurch
People settled on coasts to take advantage of the amenities the oceans offer; food supply, source of...
Preserving Wetlands to Fight Urban Flooding in India
India's biggest challenge in front of its growth is the impact of climate change on its populace. The country...
Can India Pivot to a Renewable Future by 2030?
India's electricity sector is dominated by fossil fuels, in particular coal, which during the 2018-19 fiscal year produced...
