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World Cities Day: October 31

The World Cities Day is observed every year across the world on 31st October to work together for...

📅 November 1, 2018

Urban Heat Island

The urban heat island is a phenomenon when the heat gets trapped near the earth’s surface as a...

📅 April 13, 2018

India signs loan agreement with World Bank to improve access to water supply in Uttarakhand

The Government of India (GoI) has signed $120 million loan agreement with World Bank (WB) that will help...

📅 January 25, 2018

2017 United Nations’s World Cities Day (WCD)

The United Nations’s World Cities Day (WCD) is observed on October 31 to promote the international community’s interest...

📅 October 31, 2017

Government frames National Transit Oriented Development Policy

The Union Urban Development Ministry has formulated ‘National Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Policy’ to address the challenges of...

📅 February 27, 2017

Economic Survey 2016-17: Chapter-14: From Competitive Federalism To Competitive Sub-Federalism: Cities As Dynamos

In this chapter, the survey has focussed on “urbanization” and “competitive sub-federalism” with respect to cities and districts...

📅 February 14, 2017

Impacts of Globalization on Aged Population of India

Globalization along with industrialisation, urbanization and technological changes has affected all segments of population including aged persons everywhere....

📅 October 31, 2016

Causes of Urban Floods in India

This topic gets its importance from recent floods in Chennai, Srinagar and other parts of the country. Urban...

📅 October 30, 2016

Environment Impacts of Urbanization on Lakes

Lakes are considered to be an important part of the urban ecosystem. They are relatively small in size,...

📅 October 30, 2016

Megacities: Concept, Features & Challenges

United Nations had observed as late as in 2007 that humanity will reach a significant demographic milestone, wherein...

📅 October 30, 2016