Urban 2.0: How to build future-ready Indian cities with a ‘whole of society’ approach
3 years, 2 months ago

Urban 2.0: How to build future-ready Indian cities with a ‘whole of society’ approach

Firstpost  

Indian model of urban planning is heavily borrowed from the American models. The result of consultations with relevant ministeries, think tanks, academia, urban practitioners etc resulted in a milestone report on ‘Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India’ that was recently released in the public domain. As of today, there are three pillars of capacities of urban planning in India—the public sector, the private sector and the academia. Moreover, the ‘town planning’ function often gets overshadowed by the building plans’ approvals at urban local bodies. As of now, quite ironically, it is not the qualified planners but graduates from other streams, not trained in ‘planning skills and principles’, who provide services in the urban planning domain.

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Only 219 cities with over 1 lakh population have their master plans notified: Govt
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Only 219 cities with over 1 lakh population have their master plans notified: Govt

Hindustan Times  

Only 219 out of the 500 cities with more than one lakh population as per 2011 census have their master plans notified and for another 158 such cities the master plan is at a draft stage, the government told the Rajya Sabha on Monday. he master plan for Delhi 2041 drafted in 2021 is yet to be notified by the …

Urban populace exploding, should Indian cities run like multinational corporations?
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Urban populace exploding, should Indian cities run like multinational corporations?

India Today  

How should our cities develop over the next five decades and beyond? Well-managed urbanisation is not a choice but imperative for the future of our country.” The high-level committee last month submitted its second report of recommendations for urban planning reforms, titled ‘Pathways to Amrit Kaal: Envisioning and realising a new future for Indian cities’. The options for enabling financing …

Realising the rural-urban continuum
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Realising the rural-urban continuum

The Hindu  

This century is supposed to be India’s urban century due not only to massive demographic shifts, with the country soon becoming more urban than rural, but also to the demand for the infrastructure required to support these large shifts. Some of these financial constraints arise from the tied nature of grants linked to centrally OPINION | A new sense of …

Spain’s Ambassador to India discusses AI’s influence on governance, importance of urban planning
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Spain’s Ambassador to India discusses AI’s influence on governance, importance of urban planning

The Hindu  

Juan Antonio March, diplomat and Spain’s Ambassador to India, emphasized the urgent need for nations to unite and collaborate on global challenges, particularly in the face of unprecedented technological advancements, at a discussion on ‘AI: Architect of Politics’ at The Bangalore International Centre. Noting that an ignorant attitude to utilizing technological advancements effectively can hinder a country’s development, especially in …

Blueprint to reality: Impact on urban development
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Blueprint to reality: Impact on urban development

Hindustan Times  

In the shadow of India’s historic palaces and ancient bazaars, a new kind of monument is rising: The smart city. India's ambitious journey towards urban development, fueled by cutting-edge technology, is transforming age-old city landscapes into digital hubs equipped to handle the 21st century's demands. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The backbone of these smart cities is a series of innovative …

Blueprint to reality: Impact on urban development
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Blueprint to reality: Impact on urban development

Hindustan Times  

In the shadow of India’s historic palaces and ancient bazaars, a new kind of monument is rising: The smart city. India's ambitious journey towards urban development, fueled by cutting-edge technology, is transforming age-old city landscapes into digital hubs equipped to handle the 21st century's demands. The urban development models that emerge from India's smart city projects could serve as blueprints …

A New Book Explores Urbanisation in India and Its Different Facets
8 months, 4 weeks ago

A New Book Explores Urbanisation in India and Its Different Facets

The Quint  

The book, Changing Paradigms of Urbanisation: India and Beyond, is a collection of papers on urbanisation and its different facets authored by Om Prakash Mathur over the years 1983-2023. These years have witnessed worldwide and in India, extraordinarily important shifts in the way urbanisation has unfolded itself, in the way it has come to be understood and perceived, and in …

‘Core debilities’ reducing efficiency of improving infra in Indian cities: Report
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Core debilities’ reducing efficiency of improving infra in Indian cities: Report

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: While income levels are rising in cities with improved public services and implementation of large-scale construction projects backed by central funding under various schemes and missions, persistent “core debilities” are reducing the efficacy of these positive initiatives, pointed out the ‘India Infrastructure Report 2023-Urban Planning and Development’ released Monday. The basic debilities, said Morris, the editor of IIR-2023 …

To save flooded cities, recast urban planning
1 year, 5 months ago

To save flooded cities, recast urban planning

Hindustan Times  

Excessive rain and severe waterlogging in the Delhi national capital region over the weekend put the focus back on infrastructure failures in Indian metropolises. Urban planning has become the focus of persistent public lament in recent years; in unpacking the nature of planning, can we find the seeds of a new planning imagination to address the crises cities face? Furthermore, …

Book review | The Indian Metropolis: An account of India’s challenged sprawling urban spaces
1 year, 7 months ago

Book review | The Indian Metropolis: An account of India’s challenged sprawling urban spaces

Firstpost  

Feroze Varun Gandhi, a third-term Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha should be admired for his unwavering focus on India across rural and urban spaces alike. To his credit is now a new remarkable “The Indian Metropolis” that systematically deconstructs India’s urban spaces and reflects on the serious challenges confronting their aspirations for empowerment. Written with an aim to begin …

BOOK EXCERPT | Indian cities have a cost-of-living crisis: An extract from ‘The Indian Metropolis’ by Feroze Varun Gandhi
1 year, 8 months ago

BOOK EXCERPT | Indian cities have a cost-of-living crisis: An extract from ‘The Indian Metropolis’ by Feroze Varun Gandhi

The Hindu  

Published : Apr 28, 2023 18:10 IST - 6 MINS READ For most urban Indians, the past few years have been unsettling—we have seen neighbourhoods locked down for months during a pandemic, increasing the daily challenges of earning a living as well as of access to good healthcare and education. Feroze Varun Gandhi’s The Indian Metropolis: Deconstructing India’s Urban Spaces …

Every state needs an urban anchor
1 year, 9 months ago

Every state needs an urban anchor

Hindustan Times  

After Independence, when India began formulating its short- and long-term planning and development goals, setting up proper systems for urbanisation was difficult. Following recommendations have emerged from these reports on enhancing the capacities of urban local bodies: Capacity-building should be unified under a single window capacity-building schemes Focus on institutional as well as individual capacity building Address the demand side …

Well-planned cities will be key to India\'s growth: Modi
1 year, 10 months ago

Well-planned cities will be key to India\'s growth: Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Asserting that India’s position in the world would have been completely different if 75 planned cities had been developed since Independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that well-planned cities will determine the fate of the country. Addressing a webinar on the subject of "Urban Development with a Focus on Planning", the sixth in a series of …

Interview | Our cities have neglected buses; built metro, boosted private transport
1 year, 10 months ago

Interview | Our cities have neglected buses; built metro, boosted private transport

Deccan Chronicle  

Feroze Varun Gandhi has been in the news for speaking his mind. Gandhi’s latest book, The Indian Metropolis, highlighting the challenges of urban India and written over “three tumultuous years”, attempts to stoke a conversation on “humanising our cities”. I have travelled far and wide, across a multitude of Indian towns and cities, listening to the ordinary urban Indian’s everyday …

India needs a new urban deal
2 years, 4 months ago

India needs a new urban deal

Hindustan Times  

The future of Indian cities has played out in horrifying detail over the past 48 hours. The toxic combination of poor urban planning, rampant flouting of rules, lax governance hindered further by red tape, and intensifying effects of the climate crisis has brought our cities to their knees. But repeated flooding and increasing vagaries in climate patterns mean that the …

Navigating the rapid pace of urbanisation in India
2 years, 4 months ago

Navigating the rapid pace of urbanisation in India

Hindustan Times  

One of the most complex challenges India faces today is the pace and pattern of urbanisation. Three emerging opportunities could be merged: Setting up smart new cities; Leveraging the development of transport corridors for locating new cities, and Revitalising the manufacturing sector by incentivising the locations of manufacturing units in new cities as providers of a lifeline to its residents. …

Urban 2.0: How to Build Future-ready Indian Cities with a ‘Whole of Society’ Approach
3 years, 2 months ago

Urban 2.0: How to Build Future-ready Indian Cities with a ‘Whole of Society’ Approach

News 18  

Urbanisation is not a mere consequence of faster growth but also an instrument for promoting socio-economic development. resulted in a milestone report on ‘Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India’ that was recently released in the public domain. As of today, there are three pillars of capacities of urban planning in India—the public sector, the private sector and the academia. …

Finding the Missing Pieces of Urban Planning Puzzle in India
3 years, 2 months ago

Finding the Missing Pieces of Urban Planning Puzzle in India

News 18  

Planned urban development in a nation depends on its capacities and systems. NITI Aayog constituted a high-level inter-ministerial advisory committee chaired by Dr Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog, on ‘Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India’ in October 2020. In fact, the committee focused on mechanisms to create capacities that could propel India to become ‘Aatma Nirbhar’ in the …

Delhi: A feel good master plan isn’t enough
3 years, 4 months ago

Delhi: A feel good master plan isn’t enough

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi Development Authority has published the draft Master Plan of Delhi for 2041 for comments and suggestions. There are four important checkpoints to ensure the implementation of a master plan, and the MPD-2041 should be put through this scrutiny: Learning from past failures, planning with specific spatial proposals, planning with a realistic budget, and finally, developing a robust implementation …

Lessons for urban governance futures from the pandemic
3 years, 5 months ago

Lessons for urban governance futures from the pandemic

Hindustan Times  

The outbreak of Covid-19 and the associated lockdowns have exacerbated pre-existing vulnerabilities of marginalised groups living in Indian cities/towns, including workers engaged in the informal sector as well urban poor living in congested and overcrowded informal settlements with inadequate housing and limited access to water, sanitation and health facilities – all of which are essential to reduce chances of getting …

Shaping India’s urban future
3 years, 10 months ago

Shaping India’s urban future

Hindustan Times  

The Centre, on Thursday, released the rankings of the Ease of Living Index 2020 for cities with a population of more than a million and those with less than a million people. Of the 111 cities that participated in the exercise, Bengaluru emerged as the top performer, followed by Navi Mumbai, Greater Mumbai and Delhi among the bigger cities, while …

Fixing India’s cities needs cutting the Gordian Knot: Failure, inaction are roadblocks to leveraging urbanisation for good
4 years, 11 months ago

Fixing India’s cities needs cutting the Gordian Knot: Failure, inaction are roadblocks to leveraging urbanisation for good

Firstpost  

The Government of India needs to build whole-of-system capacity for urban transformation, ensuring that all urban actors learn about complexity and understand the city as a ‘system of systems’. While all Five-Year Plans tinkered with the urban sector, a radical shift had been made in 1948, when the new Ministry of Health, acting on the recommendations of the ‘Health Survey …

Dearth of planners hits KCR’s urban uplift plan
5 years, 7 months ago

Dearth of planners hits KCR’s urban uplift plan

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: While Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao dreams of developing urban areas in the state on par with New York, London, and San Francisco, he fails to take into account the dearth of planning experts in the Directorate of Town and Country Planning department. While about 3.5 crore people reside in urban areas, including six corporations and 142 municipalities, not …

A Comprehensive National Urban Policy for India: A Roadmap to Sustainable Growth
6 years, 10 months ago

A Comprehensive National Urban Policy for India: A Roadmap to Sustainable Growth

Live Mint  

India needs a comprehensive national urban policy to address its urbanization challenges. The government launched the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (Amrut) to tackle these issues. However, a national urban policy is crucial to provide a coherent framework for urban development. It should outline the importance and objectives of cities, highlight key enablers, cross-cutting principles, desired outputs and …

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