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Written By mcadambi - 17 March, 2009
Bangalore Design Planning urban development Media Reports city Paris
A new design for Paris:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/arts/design/17paris.html
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Paris First sustainable “post-Kyoto city” ??
psaram42 - 18 March, 2009 - 02:40
Suitable urban policy towards social equality is important. Environmental concerns have a relevance to issues of preserving social identity. The suggestions for ways to begin reversing the growing social divisions are now an established as a necessary step for survival of the human race.
However sustainabilty is a different issue altogether.
PSA
mcadambi - 18 March, 2009 - 05:07
Urban studies and related urban fields are a hazy topic in India. There are very few, if not, negligible number of urban planners. We have millions of civil engineers, architects (it is another matter 90% of them are just cut-copy-paste types!), and contractors and what not.
Yet, we do not have any urban planner community.
For a civilization that pioneered urban planning, we are now host to the world's worst cities.
JNNURM and other such initatives are just palliatives. We need to popularise urban planning on a war footing basis in this country if we are to see any sort of quality in urban life.
Public transport and Public housing - cornerstones of post-Kyoto
mcadambi - 18 March, 2009 - 05:10
According to the Portzamparc plan in the article above, the cornerstones of post-kyoto dispensation seem to be public transport and very good quality public housing. This is what Singapore did under the guidance of Dutch economist, Albert Weinsemius. The city state made public transport and public housing it's corner stone and it today is the most successfull city in the world.
It is not difficult for a city like Bangalore to have extended public transport and public housing - if only there is political will to do so.
psaram42 - 18 March, 2009 - 13:21
I found only one Urban Planner in Bangalore and he is an Architect too. He is Mr. kuruvilla Urban Planning and Architectural Consultant.
Actually an “Urban planner” is a misnomer. I believe there are Urban Planner Architects, Urban planner Economists and so on. The situation in Bangalore is alarming. Is the knee jerk reaction of BBMP BDA and all other such organizations involved in our cities infrastructure development is without a proper master plan? Mr. Upendra Tripathy the earlier Principle secretary, who was instrumental in setting up CISTUP, had the vision, to believe so.
Wikipedia has some wrtie up on who are these urban planners
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mcadambi - 19 March, 2009 - 03:25
It appears that the GoK has taken steps in the right direction w.r.t changing building by-laws / code in Metro corridors:
http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/19/stories/2009031959190300.htm
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