urban planning

As India pushes towards electric transport, everyday experiences from Patna and Lucknow reveal that the future of urban mobility will depend as much on inclusion and public access as on technology.

Delhi has thousands of parks, but children from informal settlements face locked gates, privatisation, and exclusion. Play becomes a privilege.

India’s cooking transition can’t rely on LPG alone. What will it take to make e-cooking accessible and viable for all?

Drawing on insights from IDR articles, we explore key questions about why cities are getting hotter and who is most at risk.

A street vendors’ association in Meghalaya urges the state government to include vendors in policy design, follow central law, and stop unlawful relocations.

In Lucknow, the absence of safe and affordable public transport turns a short commute into missed college classes.

What would our cities look like if water was visible, accessible, and woven into everyday life? What becomes possible when urban water bodies are treated as commons once again?

As temperatures rise in Nagaland's Dimapur, women street vendors are drawing on traditional practices and strong civil-society networks, revealing an alternative, more intimate model of urban resilience.

WRI India’s Jaya Dhindaw on why blue-green infrastructure—from green corridors to wetlands—must be seen as essential to urban planning.

Nagaland’s poor urban waste management is as much due to poor infrastructure and low funding, as it is due to the slow behavioural change among its citizens.