These are the ten smartest cities in the world, according to IMD. Anton Aleksenko | Istock | Getty Images Smart cities in Europe and Asia are gaining ground globally while North American cities have fallen down the ranks, according to the 2024 Smart City Index released April. Of the top 10 smart cities on the … Read more
A master plan or development plan is a vision document of a city’s development in the next two decades. It provides for planning regulations such as the type and extent of development in a city based on the available resources and projected demand. Apart from regulations related to land use and building construction, it provides … Read more
Renters already struggling to find affordable homes are falling further behind, new data reveals, as funding for a landmark government housing policy comes online. For a second year in a row, rental prices grew faster than home values, property data group CoreLogic reported on Monday. Rent values increased at 8.3 per cent in 2023, outstripping … Read more
There was no Christmas miracle for renters as rent hikes continued into the holiday period before the market’s busiest time of year. The latest PropTrack Market Insight report found the median national rent has continued on its meteoric rise, increasing 1.8 per cent over the December quarter to $580 per week. This is an 11.5 … Read more
Adopted by the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA) in 2017, the TOD Policy provides for densification of areas around transit corridors by allowing higher floor area ratio (FAR) or higher built-up area for residential and commercial developments. The idea is to promote the use of public transport, encourage walking and cycling, and … Read more
New Delhi: From using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in urban planning to exploring the relevance of ancient city plans written in Sanskrit in the modern context, the four Centres of Excellence (CoEs) selected by the Narendra Modi government plan to focus on research work and projects with the aim to develop “India specific knowledge’ in urban … Read more
New Delhi: In a first, Survey of India, the national mapping agency under the department of science & technology, Government of India, is collaborating with Mumbai-based company Genesys International to create high-resolution 3D digital maps of India. Under the initiative, “digital twin cities” will be created to provide insight into urban planning and development, navigation, … Read more
That could make the I-10 blaze complicating LA traffic this week the third fire in the area involving leftover hand sanitizer. A different pallet yard storing sanitizer erupted in flames in downtown Los Angeles in January. And in 2021, a notoriously noxious smell plaguing the LA County town of Carson was linked by officials to … Read more
Finding an affordable rental has become a lot harder as the national rental vacancy rate plummets to a record low. The vacancy rate sits at just 1.02 per cent after falling slightly in October, with most major capital cities following the trend according to PropTrack’s Market Insight Report. Renters across the board faced more competition … Read more
And then there’s identifying what role people can play, either in what they do or advocate for. Cities aren’t uniform. What can cities around the world teach one other? So: intersectoral governance mechanisms. Sounds a very boring three words, but really it makes a huge difference. What that means is, it’s often very difficult to … Read more