Category Archives: Urban Studies

Future Indian City Lavasa brought to You by GIS

Lavasa, a hill city currently under development near Pune, is setting up the benchmark for future Indian cities. The core idea of Lavasa master plan is to create a hill city to Live – Learn – Work – Play. Lavasa … Continue reading →

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Urban Infrastructure: The time for change

Growth in human population and economic development strain the world’s finite resources such as land, water, materials, food and energy. To maintain and in some cases, improve our quality of life, we need to develop sustainably – such that our … Continue reading →

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Our Cities Hold the Key to Global Sustainability

Our cities play a vital role in the quest to achieve global ecological sustainability. They are the largest contributors to greenhouse gases and climate change. However, if we can achieve sustainable construction and use of urban infrastructure, our cities could … Continue reading →

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Urbanization in India

The level of urbanization in India has gone up from 23.34 percent in 1981 to 25.72 percent in 1991 which recorded an increase of 2.38 percent over the whole decade. This has recorded an annual increase of .24 percent only, … Continue reading →

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