How Community Engagement is Key To Fight Urban Sustainability Challenges?
The recent rise of civic activism in India for local and national issues exposes key challenge – Citizens are unhappy & anguished.…
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Air Pollution,The Biggest Challenge for India’s health in 2020
Developed countries started recognizing Air Pollution as a threat to flora and fauna soon after the famous “London Smog: 1952”, which killed…
How Urban Poor Are Being Left Out of Climate Actions in India?
In urban areas in India, the urban poor usually are forced to settle in slums, squatters, and other informal settlements; often on land use that is not only at high risk but also that have a low potential for contestations (such as adjacent to railway tracks, or in low land areas).
Bring Paradigm Change: Vision Zero For Road Safety in India
The 31st road safety week 2020 is over. Once more, India’s dubious record on road safety was the front and centre of…
The Confession of a Young Anthropologist in Dharavi
I worked with a research collective called Urbz that has a strong base in Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum, lies on prime property…
Making Cities Safe For Women By Design
Women in Indian cities navigate a daily obstacle course — poorly lit streets, crowded buses with no women's sections, footpaths that disappear, public spaces designed without them in mind. Urban Voices asks what it would look like to design safety in from the start rather than bolt it on after the fact.
What Will Turn The Tide of Climate Change: Individual Action or Policy Action?
From Stockholm's congestion pricing to Copenhagen's cycling infrastructure and Norway's EV transition — Scandinavian cities have cracked problems that Indian urban planners are still struggling with. Urban Voices examines the lessons that travel and the ones that don't.
