Ecosystem services are defined as the benefits that we obtain from an ecosystem. Rapid urbanisation has led to over utilization of resources which has led to degradation of ecosystems in turn affecting the services we ...

“Eco villages are established village communities that are shaped through conscious interaction of all their community members to develop selfidentified/sustainable communities committed to living in an ecologically,economically, ...

This thesis sets out to examine the case for upgradation of the historic business district of Meerut city, Uttar Pradesh in terms of sustainability aspects. India is confronting rapid urbanization which are causing ...

India has largely been an agriculture oriented economy and it is only after the economic reforms of 1991, the tertiary economy has started to grow in our country. The standard of living of people started to rise especially ...

This thesis titled “Determination of FSI in current urbanisation context” is done as a part of bachelor of planning programme. The main problems introduced in this thesis at the stage of need of the study for which this ...

Mangroves are considered as kidneys of landscape and ‘biological supermarket’ for their immense contribution for the sustenance of life forms but have been put into the vagaries of vandalism. Effluents from industries, ...

Congestion is a phenomena which has now became an integral part of travelling in peak hours of the day in today’s global cities. Situation gets worse if the available road infrastructure is poor and city doesn’t has a ...

Tremendous boom in the aviation industry has resulted in establishment of numerous airports catering to the needs of millions of air travellers. Majority of these airports are getting located far from the urban areas ...

Coastal regions are one of the most intensely used areas settled by humans owing to its abundance of resources. Coastal areas are favorable for development activities, as they are driven by many economic rationales such ...

Through most of history the human population has lived a rural lifestyle. However, in the first decade of the 20th century this trend started to change and the world is still becoming urbanized as thousands of people migrate ...