Category Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies

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Urban Governance and the Limitations of Parliamentary Rituals and Symbolic Actions

On July 9, 2025, Gurugram – a city waterlogged by floodwaters – witnessed severe inundation that crippled traffic and claimed lives. In the days that followed, other major cities such as Delhi, Chandigarh, Jaipur, and Lucknow faced similar scenes of urban flooding, exposing the vulnerability of Indian cities to monsoon extremes.

Air Traffic Management

Air Traffic Management

Air Traffic Management (ATM) includes coordination of air traffic and the airspace in air traffic control (ATC), airspace management (ASM), air traffic flow management (ATFM). The major purpose of ATM is to secure the effective and safe flow of the aircraft between departure and arrival. As world air travel continues to expand, ATM systems in place are getting overburdened, which requires a big modernization process and international cooperation.

Visualizing Growth Digitally: The Case of Gram Manchitra in Panchayati Raj Development

Visualizing Growth Digitally: The Case of Gram Manchitra in Panchayati Raj Development

The Gram Manchitra portal is a Geographic Information System (GIS) based web platform developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India. Launched in 2023, it aims to empower rural governance and planning by providing a platform to visualize, plan, and monitor developmental works at the Gram Panchayat level using spatial data and advanced analytical tools.

Rethinking Groundwater Management in India: A Policy Update on Atal Bhujal Yojana, 2020

Rethinking Groundwater Management in India: A Policy Update on Atal Bhujal Yojana, 2020

Groundwater is a significant source of freshwater and is crucial for domestic, agricultural, and industrial purposes. However, unchecked extraction, overexploitation, and contamination pose serious threats to its sustainability

Bharat Maps and the Path To Geospatial Self-Reliance

Bharat Maps and the Path To Geospatial Self-Reliance

Bharat Maps is an integrated Geospatial Portal of the Survey of India, the National Mapping Agency of India, functioning under the Ministry of Science and Technology. It is officially the web-based GIS (Geographic Information System) portal of India, and it does offer a common and standard geospatial data repository accessible to government agencies, businesses, and individuals.

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