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When observing the chaotic, burgeoning growth of the modern city, the more erudite of urban planners will reminisce wistfully on how different it is from its ancient Greek counterpart, the polis, ...

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Jeff Bartel is chairman and managing director of Hamptons Group, a private investment and strategic advisory firm headquartered in Miami. In the face of relentless urbanization, the concept of ...

The ₹1 lakh crore Urban Challenge Fund (UCF) that the Union Cabinet approved on Friday is designed to tackle the day-to-day challenges from rapid urbanisation, said information and broadcasting ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...