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Question of Cities

Question of Cities

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  • Climate Change
  • Natural Environment
  • Sustainability

Climate disasters are connected to the way our cities are planned

Cities have completely ignored their natural areas. If mapped and made available on a public database, people can be empowered with the knowledge about them and can decide to protect them. Mapping a city’s ecology can radically change the way…
By Jashvitha Dhagey and Maitreyee ReleJune 28, 2024
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  • Urban Floods
  • Climate Change
  • Urban Planning

Drain the rain: Why urban India floods, how to build sponge cities

Urban floods have become an inseparable part of city life every monsoon. Lives are lost, livelihoods are disrupted, and property and infrastructure worth thousands of crores are damaged or destroyed. With the increasing challenges that Climate Change has brought and…
By Maitreyee ReleJune 30, 2023
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  • Built Environment
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  • Urban Planning

The life and times of Jane Jacobs, the urban activist who revitalised city planning

Jane Jacobs and her community-based ideas of urban planning snowballed into a movement as her influence spread. The urbanist and activist single-handedly transformed city-making and fought for a healthy, vibrant city. A series of engaging illustrations charts the life, times…
By Maitreyee ReleMay 5, 2023
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  • Heat Waves
  • Built Environment
  • Climate Change

The story of India’s scorched cities in four maps

Why India’s cities need to prepare and implement Heat Action Plans is evident in the maps which clearly show the rising frequency of heat waves and higher summer-like temperatures before the season sets in. From an average of 7.4 days…
By Maitreyee Rele and Jashvitha DhageyMarch 24, 2023
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  • Built Environment
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  • Right to the City

Urban landscape changes as stories, talents emerge from Mumbai’s lesser-known public spaces

The Govandi Arts Festival was an event of many firsts. It brought together communities and people who shared one platform, but many messages. The youth, who had disconnected themselves with the area, found hope when their talents were appreciated. This…
By Jashvitha Dhagey and Maitreyee ReleMarch 10, 2023
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  • Green Zones
  • Pollution
  • Right to the City

‘I need to provide for my family, the air doesn’t matter’

The face masks are back in Mumbai – not because of COVID but poor air quality. Over the past two months, Mumbai’s air quality has been fluctuating from ‘poor’ to ‘very poor’ on the index, leading to numerous health problems…
By Jashvitha Dhagey and Maitreyee ReleFebruary 24, 2023
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  • Right to Environment
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Right to clean air: Stop the smog

The Right to Environment includes the right to clean air. But are we really breathing clean air? The rising ailments show that living with polluted air has proven to adversely affect people’s health and even reduce life span or lead…
By Maitreyee ReleDecember 2, 2022
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  • Amenities
  • Pollution
  • Right to the City

Delhi’s direct line from air pollution to disease

With the onset of winter in Delhi, smog is back and so are a plethora of diseases. The impact of air and water pollution on health is worsening, not sparing even the young. Lung ailments and heart diseases have become…
By Jashvitha Dhagey and Maitreyee ReleNovember 18, 2022
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Question of Cities is India’s only online journal dedicated to urbanisation, ecology and social equity. We strive to document stories and develop dialogues on these themes to imagine, create and re-create cities. The journal is published by the Mumbai-based trust, Participatory Urban Design and Development Initiative (PUDDI).
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