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As cities have been undergoing development at the cost of ecology, they are fast becoming vulnerable to the effects of Climate Change. The new cities, dotted with high-rises and wide…

Making nature and people in cities the focal point of dialogues

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Growing pains: Why Chennai’s run-in with disasters will only worsen

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Sinking Mumbai: Have we woken up to the climate crisis and rising sea level?

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How Mumbai lost its open spaces, water bodies

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Anniversary Edition

QoC Charter to make our cities habitable, equitable and sustainable

As cities have been undergoing development at the cost of ecology, they are fast becoming vulnerable to the effects of Climate Change. The new cities, dotted with high-rises and wide roads, have no space for pedestrians and eco-friendly bicycles. The…

Anniversary Edition

Making nature and people in cities the focal point of dialogues

As Question of Cities completes a year, we present to you some of the best and the most-read essays or on-ground stories through the year – with the added value of having the writers reflect on a few key questions.…

Anniversary Edition

From the QoC Desk

As Question of Cities completes a year, we bring to you video editorials which outline our journey and the need for a journal focused on cities chronicled and explored through the lenses of natural ecology, social equity and sustainability. Architect-activist…

Anniversary Edition

Showcasing our one-year journey

As Question of Cities completes a year, here's a glimpse into how the journal came to be and how it shaped up. Editions that covered themes ranging from Climate Change to Independent India's first cities to gender made QoC's first…

Reading Jane Jacobs today: Why her urban renewal agenda is still relevant

The doyenne of urban activism, Jane Jacobs, urged professional urban planners to understand that a city is more than its economy and its structures, that it is made by the everyday lives and interactions of people. Through her writings and…

Jane Jacobs’ focus on people and everyday lives in cities resonates in India

Jane Jacobs, the American journalist and barefoot urban planner of the 1960s, was often dismissed as a ‘housewife’ and her creatively built community of protestors as ‘nothing but a bunch of mothers’ by professional planners. However, Jacobs kept her focus…

QoC Charter to make our cities habitable, equitable and sustainable

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Growing pains: Why Chennai’s run-in with disasters will only worsen

Sinking Mumbai: Have we woken up to the climate crisis and rising sea level?

How Mumbai lost its open spaces, water bodies

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QoC Charter to make our cities habitable, equitable and sustainable

Making nature and people in cities the focal point of dialogues

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Reading Jane Jacobs today: Why her urban renewal agenda is still relevant

Jane Jacobs’ focus on people and everyday lives in cities resonates in India

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