Breaking new ground the Kerala way https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/breaking-new-ground-the-kerala-way/article67707068.ece January 05, 2024
The Kerala Urban Commission can lead the way for the rest of India in understanding urbanisation as a whole process TIKENDER SINGH PANWAR
Currently, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities (56%). When Capital was written by Marx, and cities were considered to be centres of industrial production and capital accumulation, there was just over 5% of the global population living in urban centres. The process of urbanisation has led to phenomenal changes across the world. Not only has it impacted climate change but has also created spatial and temporal changes such as massive land use, building typologies, iniquitous cities, duality, informality, crisis of pollution, housing, water and sanitation challenges, and some of the most unequal city spaces. One of the major processes of capital accumulation is the process of city development.
Giving the urban Indian a better life https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/giving-the-urban-indian-a-better-life/article67501717.ece SANDEEP CHACHRA,TIKENDER SINGH PANWAR November 06, 2023
Data show that India is home to some of the most polluted cities in the world, highlighting the need for a citizen-involved strategy of city building .. A report released by The Energy Policy Institute at Chicago (EPIC) shows that out of the 50 most polluted cities in the world, 39 are in India. Pollution directly affects the health of people, and an average Indian loses 5.3 years of his life expectancy due to this; for the residents of Delhi, it is 11.9 years. This data only highlights the need for policy shifts to ensure better and liveable futures