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NITI Aayog’s Rajiv Kumar Panel to reform Urban Planning Education System
The NITI Aayog recently constituted a 14-member panel to reform the urban planning education system. The panel is to be headed by Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog. The other members of the panel are Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog, secretaries of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Ministry of Panchayati Raj and ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Persons in News
Topics: 74th amendment • Constitutional amendment • NITI Aayog • Persons in News • Sustainable urban planning • Urban Local Bodies • Urban planning
UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) in India
UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) was created in 2004 with the objective to promote creative aspects of various cities around the world; and to nurture and sustain their cultural traditions. UCCN Cities The member cities that form part of the Network come from all continents and regions with different income levels and populations. They work ..
Topics: City of Music • Creative Cities • Creative Cities Network • Creative economy • Creative industries • Creativity • Hindustan Times • Human behavior • Jaipur • Sustainable Development Goals • UNESCO • UNESCO • Urban planning
2019 edition of World Cities Day (WCD)
The World Cities Day (WCD) is observed every year on 31 October to promote the international community’s interest in global urbanization, push forward cooperation among countries in meeting opportunities and addressing challenges of urbanization, and contributing to sustainable urban development around the world. The 2019 theme “Changing the world: innovations and a better life for ..
Topics: Climate change mitigation • Environmental social science • Environmentalism • Human migration • Industrial Revolution • Sustainability • Sustainable Development • Urban development • Urban planning • Urbanization
The researchers of IIT-Gandhinagar analyses that urban areas are cooler than non-urban areas during heat waves
The researchers at IIT-Gandhinagar has conducted study of 89 urban areas in India. In it, they found that though there is an absolute increase in temperature during heat waves in both urban and non-urban areas, the urban areas are relatively cooler than the surrounding non-urban areas. At 1.94°C, the absolute increase in temperature during the ..
Topics: Heat wave • Meteorology • Nature • Torridness • Urban area • Urban heat island • Urban planning • Urban resilience
Smart City Expo India-2018 held in Jaipur
On September 26, Vice president M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated Smart City Expo India-2018 in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The purpose of 3-days expo is to have discussions among different experts and groups to utilize benefits of new technology, town planning, capacity management, challenges before socio-economic development and development of networking in the Smart City sector. Near about ..
Topics: Academic disciplines • Economic development • Expo • Internet of things • Jaipur • Smart cities in India • Smart city • Sustainable urban planning • Urban planning