How an ancient evolutionary bond morphed into a modern urban crisis.
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Don’t just blame the city’s cars, factories and building sites. Mountains and weather patterns make it particularly hard for pollution to escape.
The world’s second largest city is one of its most polluted.
Once the capital of the Mughal empire, Old Delhi is now under threat. Geo-information technology can reveal its previous form, function, and context, however, and so help preserve and bring it back to life.
Because of its extreme violence, the Hathras rape sent shock waves throughout India: it is a disturbing reminder of the normalization of rape culture there and should be seen as a call to action.
The Modi boom was built on sand – and now the tide has come in.
Rich Indian women are anxious about being recognised as members of an international elite.
Selfies document women’s struggles and accomplishments, as they step out from their traditional roles in the home, into the male-dominated public realm of the city.
Staying at home puts women at greater risk of health problems – cities need to change to encourage them to go outside.
While India struggles for answers to its urban air pollution crisis, Beijing is moving forward with strong resolve and effective policy.
Winter has once again brought severe air pollution to the Indian capital.
Author and activist Arundhati Roy proves once again that she is a passionate voice of dissent in a nation that’s tilting towards authoritarianism.
A virologist gives the low-down on chikungunya.
Populations revolt when lives are improving but not fast enough to meet their rising expectations.
Edo, which gave rise to Tokyo, was also the world’s largest city three centuries ago. Facing ecological collapse, Edo developed a culture and practices that supported sustainable living.
Young Indians have been left desperate by an era of jobless growth.
Air quality in the Indian capital is so bad that the government has instigated a vehicle ban.
Top contributors
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Professor & Chair in Air Quality and Health; Founding Director, Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE), Co-Director, Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey, University of Surrey
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Post-doctoral Research Assistant, University of Glasgow
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Assistant professor, The Education University of Hong Kong
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Professor School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand
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Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham
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Distinguished visiting professor, University of Glasgow
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Adjunct professor, School of Media and Communications, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor at Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Centre, The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
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Assistant Professor in History, Jawaharlal Nehru University
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PhD Student in Architectural and Landscape Heritage, Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino
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Associated professor, faculty of geo-information science and earth observation, University of Twente
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Professor in Human Geography, UCL
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Director of Studies (Human, Social and Political Sciences), Bye-Fellow and Associate Tutor at St. Edmund's College, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge
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India Alliance Fellow, National Centre for Biological Science, Bangalore & Department of Biology, University of Oxford
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PhD dandidate, faculty of geo-information science and earth observation, University of Twente