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- No wealth from Commonwealth
- A recent survey of migrant construction households in the Indian capital have a dismal story to tell. Most of them, here to build infrastructure for the 2010 ...
- Brown clouds threaten health in Asian cities
- Man-made atmospheric brown clouds fed by black carbon and soot are masking Asian cities and causing glacial melting and extreme weather events, says the latest ...
- Afghanistan's unsafe medical waste
- Lack of experience and regulation in waste management could prove to be a major health risk for the public as untreated and unmanaged medical waste lie in ...
- Modern cities and governance
- State of the World’s Cities 2008/2009-Harmonious cities, a report by the United Nations Habitat emphasises the importance of harmonious ...
- Making a case for gender-sensitive cities
- Women’s participation in urban governance is vital in creating equitable cities, says Addressing Gender Concern in India’s Urban Renewal Mission, ...
- Slumdogs and small towns of India
- Not much is known about the 2,000 small and medium towns of India, where a quarter of their population live in slums. The absence of planning is what defines ...
- Fire exposes Pakistan city's slum problems
- A fire in a Karachi slum earlier this month killed 40 people and exposed the poor state of slums in this Pakistani port city. Aid workers have called on the ...
- Indian cities emit less GHGs: Study
- Cities in India belch out far less greenhouse gases than their counterparts anywhere else in the developed world. A report, to be released later this week, ...
- Mumbai slum gets a reprieve from its 'benefactors'
- Urban planners have proposed an alternative development plan for one of Asia’s largest slums. The upcoming state elections in India's commercial capital ...
