August 31, 2020

Reinventing urban waterfronts in Indian cities: Five ideas to step-up the way forward

In India, every urban waterfront development project is focused on the construction, landscaping and beautification. There is limited consideration of the social, hydrological, environmental and ecological concerns of these projects.

Samrat Basak
August 28, 2020

Constructing only drains and pumps to resolve stormwater issues will frequently bring Indian cities under water

Urban flood management in India continues to focus only on improving grey infrastructure, rescue and relief. These are all necessary activities, but repeated floods indicate that these actions are insufficient.

Samrat Basak