Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Arjun Kumar, Manoswini Sarkar “Poorly managed urban growth and development in a rapidly urbanizing India has exacerbated inequalities, exclusion, and vulnerabilities, especially among the marginalized population” highlighted Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay in a webinar organized by Center for Habitat,…
Arvind Kumar Communities have been adapting to climate variability for centuries, but today their coping mechanisms are being outpaced by the fast-changing climate. In response to global climate change impacts, most countries have focused on ‘hard’ or ‘grey’ infrastructure options…
Simi Mehta, Amita Bhaduri Climate change vulnerability is a multi-layered and multi-faceted phenomenon. “It’s a justice issue determined by both biophysical and socio-economic factors. It needs to be framed as an ethical and political issue, and not just a purely environmental one,” says Prof…
Deepty Jain The majority of the travel demand in the Indian cities is met by the non-motorized and public transport systems, i.e., low carbon modes of transport. With the growing urbanization and income levels and the degraded infrastructure to support…
Simi Mehta, Amita Bhaduri The world has changed a lot in terms of education, perspectives, and technology. But there are some parts of the globe still finding it difficult to find a way ahead to protect the people and environment.…
Amita Bhaduri There is a disquieting hush across the world as the linkage between the planet’s health and human well-being became pronounced during the times of the pandemic. The deepening socio-economic and ecological crises caused by patterns of production and…
Amita Bhaduri In pre-colonial times, India’s forestlands were mostly under the use of the local communities. Forest policies led to centralisation in colonial times with forestland being subject to commercial over-exploitation for revenue generation purposes. This, in turn, led to…