Tag: environmental policies
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The City of Imbalance: The Burden of Population and Ecological Crisis in Mumbai
Mumbai’s urban population is fast growing and problems of water availability, waste management and congestion are going to get more complex in future. Real estate development, Airport development project, Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, to name a few, are all meant to elevate the standard of life for an average citizen, however, their individual and collective…
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Water Degradation in India: Any Hope for the Future?
If the recent reports are to be believed, India is hurtling headfirst towards Day Zero. Several cities will run out of groundwater by 2020. India’s demand for water will surpass its supply resources by 2030. This will affect the quality of life across India and stagnate the country’s development.
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Coastal Regulation Zones and Economic Development: Is Ecological Dilution the Cost of Progress?
By Debarati Choudhury, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad. Story So Far: The Coastal Regulation Zone Notification of 2019 has cleared the way for commercialisation and development projects in Mumbai, while racing towards a more vulnerable ecology. The proposal of lifting restrictions from over 6,070 kilometres of the coastline for commercial activities has rung alarms…
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Actions Speak Louder than Words: What is India doing about Noise Pollution?
While determining the environmental policies in India, the issue of noise pollution often takes a backseat, even as cities, towns, animals and humans continue to struggle through ever increasing levels of noise pollution. With the medical and ecological concerns sidelined, we are yet to chalk out concrete policies to curb noise pollution. This Policy Brief…
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Real Estate Development in Mumbai: The Environmental Cost of Urbanisation
By Naresh Babu Kunche, Prime Minister’s Rural Development Fellow. Mumbai witnessed thriving industrialization in the 1900s followed by rapid urbanisation in the post-independence period. What started of as a conglomeration of seven islands, gradually kept undergoing land reclamation, and transformed into the financial capital of India.
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Symposium on Public Policy: Urbanisation and Environmental Policies
LexQuest Foundation is organizing an immersive one-day public policy symposium, for students and young professionals. The Symposium aims to reflect on the environmental policies and analyze their impact concerning the contemporary urban growth landscape of our country. The discussions and presentations will focus on the need to better the present legislative framework and to fill the…