Sustainable Mobility Fortnight- Where is my bus?
Programme Coordinator (Urban), CEE, Pune The webinar will be focused on the need to improve the bus based public transport in Indian cities. Irrespective of the benchmark of 50 buses per lakh population – set up by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MOHUA) – most of our cities do not even […]
Sustainable Mobility Fortnight- Transform budget to transform Transport
Though most decision-making authorities believe in the need to promote walking, cycling and public transport, the investments in transport infrastructure indicate different trends. The transport investments are heavily skewed towards building private motor vehicle infrastructure. Sadly, it is true for all the three tiers – the national, state as well as urban local body’s budgets. […]
Gandhi and Cities
Ram Guha writes — This is my essay on Geddes and India https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/making-indian-cities-habitable It is counter-intuitive to think of M K Gandhi and City. In fact the category ‘Urban’ does not occur in the Subject Index of the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi and the small entry on ‘Cities/ Towns’ is dominated by ‘exploitation […]
Urbanisation and Technology
Urbanisation and Technology brings together three eminent persons with deep domain knowledge on technology applications, economic and urban development. Sam Pitroda, entrepreneur and visionary needs no introduction. He has been widely recognized as the person who introduced India into the digital age in the 1980s through his influence on the then Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi. […]
Young India and Indian Cities: Today and Tomorrow
Speakers- Muzaffar Sheikh- Manpanihar, Chamba Valley Adnan Asad- Ghasera, Mewat, Haryana Sarzeel Khan- Shikrawa, Mewat, Haryana Aashiya Nasreen- Kihar, Chamba Valley Pranjit Boruah- Majuli, Assam Krishnaa- Majuli, Assam Arun Komra- Kanker District, Chhatisgarh Priyansh Sinha- Kanker District, Chhatisgarh Shrishti Shrivastava- Tilothu, Bihar Shivani Riya- Tilothu, Bihar Abhay Shrivastava- Tilothu, Bihar Krishna Velji Vankar- Sarli, Kutch […]
Natural Cities not Mega Cities
This webinar has been proposed by Prof. Vikram Sohni, a particle and astrophysicist physicist who works on non-invasive and sustainable solutions for the planet and Mr. Romi Khosla, an architect urban planner. Together they have been working for some years on the next generation of cities and habitats for the sub-continent. They are convinced that […]
Building Gender Responsive Urban Spaces and Services
Senior Infrastructure Adviser, Department for International Development (DFID) India The city is the site of everyday practice for the production and reproduction of social relations and social practices and consequently functions as a key site in the production, consumption and reproduction of gendered norms and identities. At the same time, cities are themselves shaped by the gendered […]
Urbanisation as a Governability Issue
Is Collaborative Governance the Solution? The 21st century contemporary city situated largely in the developing world is replete with ‘wicked problems,’ understood as those that are difficult to define and delineate. By extension, these evade solutions. These range from the provision of, and access to basic services, urban crime and inner-city decay as well […]
City and Risk: Achievements and Opportunities
This webinar proposed by the All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) will bring together national disaster management authorities, city authorities, and humanitarian and developmental workers from Asia and the Pacific region to share their experiences in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in their countries. Data shows that Cities across the world are badly hit and […]
Listening to People’s Voices
An effort to hear the voices of people, their lived experiences and struggles, and aspirations in the city.
