Urban planning Current Affairs, GK & News

NITI Aayog suggests to build 500 ‘healthy cities’

September 18, 2021

NITI Aayog released its “Building Urban Planning Capacity in India” on September 16, 2021. About the report The ‘Building Urban Planning Capacity in India’ report comprises of a set of recommendations on several aspects of urban planning like: Interventions for planning healthy cities Optimum utilization of urban land Ramping up human-resource capacities Strengthening urban governance ..

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Cabinet approves MoC between India & Japan on Sustainable Urban Development

June 2, 2021

Union Cabinet approved Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on Sustainable Urban Development between India and Japan by suspending the existing MoU of 2007 on Urban Development. How MoC will be implemented? To implement and strategize programmes on cooperation under MoC, a Joint Working Group (JWG) will be constituted. JWG will meet once in a year in ..

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NITI Aayog’s Rajiv Kumar Panel to reform Urban Planning Education System

October 23, 2020

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 ..

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UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) in India

November 2, 2019

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 ..

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2019 edition of World Cities Day (WCD)

November 1, 2019

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 ..

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The researchers of IIT-Gandhinagar analyses that urban areas are cooler than non-urban areas during heat waves

March 27, 2019

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 ..

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