India
Planning Needed For Mall Boom In India
As shopping centers and malls boom in India, a recent seminar looks at how to plan their development in a sustainable way.
Calcutta's Rickshaw Crackdown
In an effort to put a modern face on Calcutta, the Indian state of West Bengal has outlawed rickshaw pulling.
Housing Crunch Causes New Delhi To Raise The Roof
In the face of a severe housing shortage, a plan has been proposed in New Delhi, India, to rewrite the city's building requirements to allow for buildings to rise higher and house more.
Dry Days: Water Shortage In Mumbai
With officials deciding to shutdown the city's water system for 24 hours to make repairs, Mumbaikars creatively meet the challenges of daily life without running water for a day.
Commercial Space Shortage Hampers India's Boom
New Delhi is cracking down on businesses that operate in areas not zoned for commercial use. But businesses have nowhere to go in a booming city that suffers from a severe shortage of commercial real estate.
Thousands Protest Regional Plan In India
Thousands of protesters in the Indian state of Goa have turned out to voice their concerns against the Goa Regional Plan, a government move to open up much of the state's lands for construction.
India's Forest Dwellers Gain Land Rights
The Parliament in India has passed bill granting more than 27 million forest dwellers legal rights to their ancestral lands. Before the bill's passage, the forest dwellers were defenseless as logging and mining interests moved in.
Urbanizing India And China Look To Build Green
With populations steadily increasing in India and China, the two countries are looking to green building methods to reduce their energy use as they urbanize and move more closely to Western energy consumption patterns.
Public Space vs. Political and Ideological Space
A comment on how public spaces are often overrun with political and ideological actions, reducing the equity of the daily user leading to confrontations and chaos in India.
An Urban Tour Of New Delhi
A tour of Delhi, India, one of the world's fast-growing megacities.
New Policy To Address Mumbai's Severe Housing Crisis
A new government policy aims to address the severe housing shortage in Mumbai, India, by promoting new construction and increasing foreign investment.
Housing Complexes Look To Redevelop In Mumbai
Residents in some of Mumbai's state-built housing complexes have agreed to solicit bids for redevelopment of the nearly half-century old housing, called Middle Income Group residential colonies. Residents and the building community alike are excited about the redevelopment.
An Urban Tour Of Mumbai
An automobile tour through Mumbai (Bombay) reveals the extreme contrasts in India's financial capital.
City Clears Out Urban Poor For Sports
The Government of Delhi clears several slums on the banks of the Yamuna river to make way for the athletes housing for the 2010 commonwealth games.
Microfinance at a Crossroads
The business of making loans to poor people in underdeveloped countries is entering a critical period of development. Foundations and other non-governmental groups have shown the private sector that money can be made by lending to these populations.
Transforming An Indian Shantytown Into A Middle Class Neighborhood
India must eradicate its ubiquitous shantytowns if it is to become an economic success story. Just such an effort is underway in the Dharavi neighborhood outside Mumbai by Mukesh Mehta, an Indian architect and developer.
India's Special Economic Zones Plan Runs Into Opposition
Shenzhen and Pudong (near Hong Kong and Shanghai respectively) were developed as Special Economic Zones (SEZs). Now India's plans to fast-tract and focus such development into designated areas have run into opposition from diverse sectors like India's left.
India's Plans For Special Economic Zones Face Strong Opposition
Several organizations, agencies and political parties from both ends of the spectrum are coming together in opposition to the Special Economic Zone program started by the central government.
Wind Power Takes Off
India and China are turning to wind power in response to growing energy needs.
Planning Bodies To Oversee Indian Metro Areas
Three major metropolitan areas in India will soon have Metropolitan Planning Committees, a move expected to greatly improve coordination of local planning agencies and developers. The committees will also give a greater voice to local residents.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.
UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
City of Piedmont, CA
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
