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Shopping malls as public space in India
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The Great FSI Debate : Increasing FSI improves housing solutions
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The Great FSI Debate : Indian Cities & the Shanghai Fascination
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The Great FSI Debate: Use FSI in a holistic manner.
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The Great FSI Debate: Benefits of Urban Density
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The Great FSI Debate: FSI versus Quality of Life
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Why small towns are lagging behind?
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Live: Highlights from Indian Budget 2013 for the Urban Infrastructure Sector
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Housing India
Why Mumbai Needs a Strategic Urban Design/ Ecological Master Plan
Revival of Historic cores of Cities
What Architecture means…
My big idea for cities in 2012: Cities with Shared Pod Car Systems
My big idea for cities in 2012: Making cities Sustainable
My big idea for cities in 2012: Making cities Sustainable
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Has JNNURM succeeded in addressing urban poverty?
Posted on November 8, 2012 | 3 CommentsIgnorance is not bliss! – for Small and Medium Cities towards addressing urban poverty through JNNURM Pan-India ONE solution for Urban Poverty is failing. We have seen it in JNNURM and shall see it again in Rajiv Awas Yojana. Small and Medium cities are facing the... -
Regional governance in Canada
Posted on October 7, 2012 | 3 Commentsphoto credit: Camera Eye Photography‘ . . Canada is the leading former British colony – that leads even its former British ruler – in the introduction and use of integrated regional systems. As such it has realized benefits that have eluded others. This article will discuss its... -
Monument in motion
Posted on September 1, 2012 | 1 Commentphoto credit: Rafa http://www.micamara.es Jantar Mantar, over the past two decades, has offered numerous reflections on the complex intersection of history, protest, place and democracy. Witnessing innumerable performances of protest — not simply as modes of political expression, but also manifestations of the democratic success... -
The perfect is the enemy of the good!
Posted on August 27, 2012 | 4 Commentsphoto credit: Emmanuel Dyan Recently I had an opportunity to participate in two engaging dialogues. One, a presentation by Patricia Clarke Annez on her paper- Ahmedabad – Building a Liveable City for all and the second, ‘Dreams and Planning’ delivered by architect and urban and regional planner Prof. Edgar F. N.... -
Portland: Nature in the City
Posted on August 26, 2012 | 18 CommentsIt was a conscious effort by the planners and citizens of Portland and Oregon to not become sprawling like its southern neighbors or be completely rural like its eastern neighbors, and hence the city is an effort to keep a middle ground between these two... -
Getting Started :Urban Innovations in Portland City
Posted on August 26, 2012 | 40 CommentsAs the Young Urban Leader Fellow 2012, I have the opportunity to study the metropolitan of Portland and the brilliance achieved by Portland Metro in planning, for the next two months. The intent of this fellowship is to... -
Portland hosts a Young Indian Leader to study the region’s Urban Innovations
Posted on August 23, 2012 | 3 CommentsThe Portland Metro, Oregon , USA is hosting a Mid-Career Professional from India through the Young Urban Leaders (YUL) Fellowship program organized by The Urban Vision in collaboration with Portland Metro. The program promotes solution driven insights and ideas to address the pressing urban... -
The Poor- Excluded from their own common natural resource management
Posted on June 11, 2012 | 1 CommentThe Bani, a sacred grove spread over 200 hectares (ha), has been treasured by and cared for centuries by the residents of three villages—Mangar, Bandhwari and Baliawas—in memory of Gudriya Baba, a saint, who they believe attained moksha (salvation) in the Bani. Gudariya Baba’s shrine... -
Mumbai : A monument to unnecessary infrastructure
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Leopold Café with its renewed history
Posted on April 4, 2012 | 5 CommentsMy recent visit to Leopold Café at Colaba Causeway brought back a few uncomfortable memories from the past; of that fateful day when Mumbai was seized and attacked by terrorists. It was 26 November 2008, which was soon labelled as 26/11 under the burden of...
