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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 Nagendra3 days ago
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  • Ecology
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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, PhD3 days ago
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  • Ecology
  • Sustainability

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 Gupta3 days ago
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  • Ecology
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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 Karmakar3 days ago
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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 Shaji3 days ago
  • Rivers & Waterbodies
  • Natural Environment
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Godavari on the edge: Faith, floods, and the politics
of preparation

The preparations for the Simhastha Kumbh Mela are not merely a logistical exercise but also an act of (re)configuring the Godavari itself…
By Shilpa Dahake, PhDJune 26, 2026
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  • Natural Environment
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The Godavari walk unravels a river waiting to fight back

Nashik’s ancient mythological, historical and contemporary connection with the Godavari is symbolised in the Panchvati area and, within it, specifically in the…
By Nikeita SarafJune 26, 2026
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Groundwater as critical as the Godavari for Nashik’s
water security

Water supply was shut down every Saturday in many parts of Nashik this May, something that has not happened in about 20 years. The lack of respect for the Godavari River and its unmonitored overuse was one reason; the other…
By Prajakta Baste, PhDJune 26, 2026
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De-concretise to revive the Godavari, its ancient kunds

Natural springs kept the Godavari River in Nashik flowing and many of the 17 kunds (reservoirs or tanks) filled with water even…
By Devang JaniJune 26, 2026
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‘Build the roads and bridges
for the Kumbh, but save
the Godavari’

Maharashtra’s ancient city, Nashik, by the Godavari is on an overdrive to prepare for the Kumbh Mela 2027 where the devout gather…
By Team QoCJune 26, 2026

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