Gary Smith: Capturing the Life of Human Streets

I encountered the photographic work of Gary Smith Some years ago through our mutual interest in Favela Rocinha. Since then Continue reading →

Resilience in Peri-urban Areas: A Case of the Arnala Village

[First published on the WRI India blog, October 05, 2015, and has been adapted from the blog title, “Beyond Mitigation: Continue reading →

Is the Burden of Climate Change Borne Unequally by Women?

[First published on the WRI India blog, March 06, 2015, and has been adapted from the blog title, “The Role Continue reading →

Field notes from Virar: A photo essay

I spent Christmas day cycling through Virar, along a transect that connects the city core to its rural hinterlands. Virar Continue reading →

Moving in the City

Even though there is clear evidence from the academy and practice that cities need to promote sustainable transportation we still Continue reading →

What makes a new community successful?

Post by Marines Pocaterra This week I traveled through  several shelter developments with 2 common denominators: density & low income.  Some Continue reading →

Re-housing propels changes in cultural practices

We spent the last ½ year living in the Nagapattinam district, southern Tamil Nadu, India observing the post-reconstruction-housing situation in Continue reading →

Streets of the Bombay Improvement Trust

My current job allows me to spend long hours looking at the plan of Mumbai, and even as I am Continue reading →