Ganga - Question of Cities

Plan not for riverfronts, plan
for natural edges and ecology
of rivers

Regulatory systems for urban rivers prescribe fixed distances for riparian or buffer zones which contradict the very nature of rivers whose edges are never fixed. Policies oversimplify the fluid boundaries into hard lines. Rivers vary across space as well as…

Following the Godavari in Nashik: A Fact Sheet

The Godavari is India’s second longest river after the Ganga. The river, which passes through five states – Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha – and parts of Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Puducherry and sustains millions of people, has…

Nuts, bolts, and budgets of riverfront development

Riverfront development has rapidly become a defining feature of cities across India, with projects underway in cities from Ahmedabad to Guwahati and Hyderabad and more. Framed as efforts to “revitalise” rivers, these projects have largely followed a standardised template, set…

How changing climate and cities influence people’s lives

When the world is confronted with climate change and its intensifying effects, studies and research give concrete shape to the impacts. International and national reports, some short-term work and others long-term depth work that focus on rising heat, river pollution,…

Rivers are our home (but) what will the waters remember – plastic?

“The Mithi,” wrote the legendary poet Eunice D’souza, “will carry you on a raft of garbage to a dying sea.” As rivers in our cities turn into receptacles of waste and victims of poor planning, the loss of what they…

Plan not for riverfronts, plan for natural edges and ecology of rivers

Following the Godavari in Nashik: A Fact Sheet

Nuts, bolts, and budgets of riverfront development

How changing climate and cities influence people’s lives

Rivers are our home (but) what will the waters remember – plastic?

Plan not for riverfronts, plan
for natural edges and ecology
of rivers