Improving Access to Land in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas_Episode 2
Geoffrey Payne is hosting and moderating the webinars and has invited an outstanding group of specialists from different age groups with both academic and practical experience on urban land management covering all regions and key aspects of land management. It is anticipated that the presentations will provide examples of innovative and pragmatic approaches to improving […]
Improving Access to Land in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas
Geoffrey Payne is hosting and moderating the webinars and has invited an outstanding group of specialists from different age groups with both academic and practical experience on urban land management covering all regions and key aspects of land management. It is anticipated that the presentations will provide examples of innovative and pragmatic approaches to improving […]
Mainstreaming Skilled Women Construction Workers- Part 3: Rights and Entitlements of Women Construction Workers
The sweeping reforms to labour laws introduced on 26th November 2020, has been described by many as a logical extension of three decades of neo-liberal hegemony that has sought to extend the hands of capital and dilute welfare responsibilities. With 44 central labour laws being consolidated into 4 labour codes, it is vital to review […]
Mainstreaming Skilled Women Construction Workers- Part 2: Pathways to Productive High Skilled Jobs for Women Construction Workers: Successes and Challenges
In 2015, when the Prime Minister launched the Skill India Mission, he announced the vision of making India the ‘resource capital of the world’. The construction industry, which is expected to generate 83 million jobs by 2022, will play a critical role in realizing this vision. A vital question that needs to be addressed at […]
Heritage Conservation in the Emerging Indian City – III – Conservation Regulations and Urban Planning: In Retrospect and Prospect
The interface of heritage conservation and an effective legislation/regulation framework to enable and support it remains a perplexing question in the context of Indian cities. This discussion seeks to examine three key related questions: How effective have conservation regulations been over the past 25 years in India? Where have the specific successes and shortcoming been […]
Built Beautiful – An Architecture & Neuroscience Love Story
Built Beautiful is a feature length documentary movie that examines how neuroscience defines healing environments. The movie features leading experts from around the world in the emerging field of neuro-aesthetics as well as academics, researchers, architects, and interior designers. It is the brainchild of noted architect Donald H. Ruggles. Neuroscience gives architects a new lens […]
Architecture in Transition: Toward a New Urban Agenda
In the last few years, major new international agreements have challenged environmental designers to place a greater focus on human health, ecology and well-being, particularly in urban contexts. The New Urban Agenda, adopted by acclamation by all 193 member states of the United Nations, is also closely related to the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. Leading researchers and authors will discuss what […]
Poverty and Poverty Assessment
How urban poverty is defined, measured, and acted on. Or in many cases not acted on. Its scale is usually measured by the individuals or households whose income falls below a poverty line – but poverty lines are usually set too low, especially in regard to the cost of non-food needs in cities. Set the […]
Climate Emergency: How safe or Vulnerable Indian coastal Cities are??
Cities are considered the engines of growth with bursting economic activities, thanks to the competitive/extractive growth models adopted in India. The nation’s wealth is concentrated in cities. The population density is steeply rising disproportionate to the available land space. Besides, the cities in India are already very heavily stressed due to huge waste generation (solid, […]
Reconfiguring rental towards inclusion
With a significant urban housing shortage and large floating populations that move in and out of cities for education, exploration, or work, rental housing has been an important element of housing in Indian cities. It has received considerable policy attention in the wake of the 2020 migrant crisis. Our third webinar focuses on the viability […]
