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Three loops of learning to rethink the cities-ecosystems relationship

For climate adaptation to move from crisis management to a transformative rethinking of urban life, the three loops of learning framework – improving immediate responses, questioning planning assumptions to integrate ecology, and building adaptive co-management – is useful. Bengaluru’s floods…
By Arvind Lakshmisha and Harini NagendraJuly 24, 2026
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Building with nature not a luxury, calls for political will

Amid the transformation in cities, a question steadily crowded out is what happens to the ecological systems when urban land is treated…
By Sanchi Singh, PhDJuly 24, 2026
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Multispecies Justice and the political economy of Shillong

Multispecies justice recognises that humans are deeply interconnected with a host of other species but this is hardly represented in urban planning.…
By Satakshi GuptaJuly 24, 2026
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Delhi has plans to restore
the Ridge. Ecologists
have questions

Can humans truly build a forest with a few native species and art-themed woodlands has been the lingering question since the first…
By Ankita Dhar KarmakarJuly 24, 2026
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Wayanad’s mountains have spoken, again. Who’s listening?

The recent Kalladi landslide showed that, like fear after the Choolarmala landslides two years ago, key questions too did not fade. Just…
By KA ShajiJuly 24, 2026
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A reality-based, sustainable urban planning order

The abysmal living conditions and perpetual stress for millions in cities like Mumbai are not accidental but the intended outcome of planning…
By PK DasJuly 10, 2026
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What do Mumbai’s buildings owe the street?

Modern architecture has become mesmerised by the skyline and silhouette, and forgotten the human scale, the intimate two metres at which people…
By Jalaja AmonkarJuly 10, 2026
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Woh kuche, woh galiyaan, mohalle kahan hain?

The narrow streets, winding lanes, and intimate localities were once the social spaces at the threshold of public and private life. Beyond nostalgia, their rapid erasure or deliberate destruction must be reflected upon. The aangan (courtyard) and kotha (terrace), for…
By Indra Munshi, PhDJuly 10, 2026
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The vertical Panopticon: Architectural violence in
rehab towers

The multi-storeyed rehabilitation towers for slum dwellers, by their design, are nothing less than the intensification of the very conditions in slums…
By Mst Majmumas SalehinJuly 10, 2026
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Planning does not make space for women, children, and
the informal

The way cities are planned and built reveals a disconnect and inequity in how they treat the marginalised, the informal workers, women…
By Team QoCJuly 10, 2026

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