Cities
A city is a large human settlement. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. This concentration also can have significant negative consequences, such as forming urban heat islands, concentrating pollution, and stressing water supplies and other resources. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 31 August 2024 English
the last makers of Rajasthan’s iconic percussion instrument – the khartal. Others have migrated to cities to make furniture as they say it pays better …
instrument – the khartal. Others have migrated to cities to make furniture as they say it pays better …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 August 2024 English
Biomass burning, used mainly for cooking, is a key contributor to Household Air Pollution (HAP). It poses health risks especially for women and children as they are directly exposed to …
.html. 2. Banerjee-Guha, S. (2002). Shifting Cities: Urban Restructuring in Mumbai. Economic and Political …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 29 July 2024 English
This report is written by Suhas Chakma of Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy Program (IPLP), University of Arizona. Published in July 2024, the report examines the conflict between tiger conservation …
12 December 2023, https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/tribals-relocated-from-mudumalai-tiger- … 26 August 2022, https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/tribal-men-burnt-with-hot- bars-fo …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 21 July 2024 English
A diverse group of people across gender spectrum and their allies from neighboring cities and states came together to celebrate Mysuru's second Pride march …
gender spectrum and their allies from neighboring cities and states came together to celebrate Mysuru's …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 18 May 2024 English
This research paper looks at the impact of urbanisation on lake systems in Bengaluru, with a focus on the vegetation growing in the lake and expansion of built-up areas in …
are considered “urban” as they live in towns or cities. Latter figures are likely to surge by nearly … expansion, a peculiar pattern of outward growth of cities in many countries of the Global South (Chakraborty … use efficiency across the global sample of 466 cities with million inhabitants. Habitat. Int. 120, 102503 … 2011. Speculating on the next world city. Worlding Cities: Asian Experiments and the Art of being Global … 2015. Climate resilient cities: vulnerability profiling of twenty Indian cities. Dev. India 351–365. https://doi …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 May 2024 English
This report was published in May 2024 by Access Now for the #KeepItOn campaign which promotes the end of internet shutdowns. The report is authored by Zach Rosson, Felicia Anthonio, …
Gondar, Kobo, Sekota, Weldiya, and other cities in the Amhara region. As the situation …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 March 2024 English
2024. It gives an overview of population weighted air quality data for the year 2023 from 7,812 cities across 134 countries and regions. The report considers PM2.5 (particulate matter 2.5 micrometres …
report summarizes PM2.5 air quality data from 7,812 cities spanning 134 countries, regions, and territories … and promote the well-being of communities and cities worldwide.4 | 2023 World Air Quality Report … of 5 µg/m3. With only 9% of globally reporting cities achieving the WHO annual PM2.5 guideline, much … istrative divisions. We refer to these “settlements” as cities throughout this report. Our calculations of annual … data. This approach makes it easier to identify cities and regions facing significant health risks due …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 2 March 2024 English
was exhibited in the Knowledge Mobilization Project (2024) at the University of Toronto’s School of Cities project which underpins research with urban themes. It is based on an interview with a worker in …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 18 February 2024 English
This paper was published in the open-access scientific journal Heliyon, on February 18, 2024. It was written by Khaiwal Ravindra from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh; …
temperatures to climb above 40 ◦C in numerous Indian cities [22]. Further, high temperatures can aggravate … significantly affected various states, districts, and cities, as reflected by the upward trend in the number … intense heatwaves, as evidenced by studies from cities like Ahmedabad and Nagpur examining health impacts … projected trends from 2050 to 2100 in selected cities, including Delhi were analyzed and an average … Forsberg, Heat effects on mortality in 15 European cities, Epidemiology (2008) 711–719. [5] J.M. Robine …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2024 English
The 2024 SDG Gender Index by Equal Measures 2030, a coalition of civil society and non-profit organisations, delivers a critical and sobering message on the state of gender equality with …
Intersex Association (ILGA) SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities 11.1 Proportion of women (15+ years) …