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A Waste-to-Energy plant is being constructed within the dumping ground, close to residential areas. Image by Esha Lohia.

Redevelopment plan sparks fear of displacement and toxic relocation

Esha Lohia 10 Jul 2025
Flood-affected areas in Amreli, Gujarat in June 2015. Image by Indian Air Force, licensed under Government Open Data License – India (GODL).

Data deserts and drowning cities [Commentary]

Soumya Bhowmick 25 Jun 2025
Experts urgently call for comprehensive planning, including the construction of concrete embankments along rivers and the proper diversion of floodwaters to mitigate the severity of future disasters. Image by Abid Bhat.

Experts blame unplanned construction for flash floods

Mudassir Kuloo 26 May 2025
A view of Bengaluru city from an apartment complex in Banashankari. Image by Kushagra140 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Peri-urban building rush fuels urban heat islands

Max Martin 19 May 2025
Bellandur lake seen from neighbouring residential societies. The decades following the 1970s saw rapid development and encroachment of lakes in the city. By the 2020s, only 183 choking lakes remained. Image by Amol.Gaitonde via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

The city of lakes battles a deepening water crisis

Phalguni Ranjan 25 Apr 2025
An aerial shot of Malappuram town in Kerala. The urban policy report estimates that 80% of Kerala's population will be urban by 2050. Image by Truebrother via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

A state-led urban policy addresses climate risks and urbanisation

Navya P K 16 Apr 2025
In what was arguably the biggest citizen-led environmental protest Telangana has witnessed in the recent past, university students, faculty, and environmentalists protested and stopped bulldozers from razing down Kancha Gachibowli. Image by xx.

Forest row spotlights diminishing value of urban green patches

Arathi Menon 9 Apr 2025
City life in Jaipur. As of December 2024, around 41 cities have developed or are drafting City Climate Action Plans, as per a government statement. Image by Vyacheslav Argenberg via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-4.0).

Fixing the gaps in city climate plans with a national framework

Kundan Pandey 11 Feb 2025
canacona taluka tourism

South Goa tourist hubs found highly vulnerable to climate change

Lisann Dias 15 Jan 2025

Matsyanyaya: A journey through India’s landscapes swallowed by urbanisation

Rashi Goel 12 Nov 2024
A landscape view of Champawat town, Uttarakhand. Urbanisation is a major driver of environmental change in the Himalayas. Image by WhiteRaven335 via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

Urban expansion drives forest loss in India’s biodiversity hotspots

T. V. Padma 23 Sep 2024
A Main Bazaar of Paharganj of Central Delhi. Since 2007, the population of Delhi has almost doubled, from 19 million in 2007 to an estimated 33 million in 2024 but without a proper planning system. Image by Vyacheslav Argenberg via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-4.0)

Rethinking master plans for India’s growing cities

Kundan Pandey 23 Jul 2024
Rapid urbanisation, population growth, tourism, and climate change have exacerbated stress on groundwater resources in the Ladakh region. Image by Eldhojose19 via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

Rapid urbanisation and climate change threaten groundwater resources in Ladakh, says study

Hirra Azmat 11 Jul 2024
A Basai wetland in Gurugram

Urban growth fuels warming in Indian cities, finds a study

Kundan Pandey 10 Jun 2024
Researchers measuring a tree in Panjim, Goa. Photo by Nandini Velho.

As cities become megacities, their lanes are losing green cover

Divya Kilikar 9 May 2024
Manikonda is a commercial hub and a residential suburb in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Some estimates claim that India's half of the population is living in urban areas. Photo by iMahesh/Wikimedia Commons.

Political parties pivot to urban priorities in 2024 election manifestos

Kundan Pandey 8 May 2024

Climate action a priority in G20 Delhi Declaration

Kundan Pandey 12 Sep 2023

[Explainer] What are urban heat islands?

Anusha Krishnan 13 Apr 2022