Equity - Question of Cities

Play spaces for adolescents: The missing link in our cities

Urban spaces are currently spaces of adult hegemony designed for their work and mobility. Even when play spaces are built, they are for children but adolescents – at the threshold of childhood and adulthood – are usually left out. India…

Resistance, confrontation,
anti-extractivist struggles in the Global South

Rising heat waves, illegal mining, degradation of water bodies and depletion of trees are increasing across the world, especially in countries of the Global South where most of the world’s vulnerable population lives. Environmentalism in these countries, or among vulnerable…

Jal Satyagraha: From water conversations to water conservation and justice

Drawn from the ‘swaraj through satyagraha’ concept of India’s independence movement, the struggle for water access and equity has spread across rural India. It’s time for Jal Satyagraha to take shape in cities too given the water crises, top-down water…

Minnesota park: An example of building public spaces for diverse communities

Phalen Park in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a model for inclusiveness and social interaction among diverse urban communities, adding to the city’s liveability. The verdant green 494-acre park, three times the size of Disneyland, is used for public events, festivals,…

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Play spaces for adolescents: The missing link in our cities

Resistance, confrontation,
anti-extractivist struggles in the Global South

Jal Satyagraha: From water conversations to water conservation and justice

Minnesota park: An example of building public spaces for diverse communities

They broke the glass ceiling to build and design sustainable cities

‘We need to design and plan better cities for diverse groups of women’

Play spaces for adolescents: The missing link in our cities

Resistance, confrontation, anti-extractivist struggles in the Global South

Jal Satyagraha: From water conversations to water conservation and justice

Minnesota park: An example of building public spaces for diverse communities

They broke the glass ceiling to build and design sustainable cities

‘We need to design and plan better cities for diverse groups of women’

Kitchen stories: Documenting experiences in the least planned spaces of homes

Resistance, confrontation,
anti-extractivist struggles in the Global South