South Asia

Finding A Sustainabe Path for Jakarta

Jakarta, Indonesia is the world's sixth most populated metropolitan area, and it's on track to move up in ranks within the next decade. Some planners are trying to figure out how to guide this developing megacity onto a sustainable path.
7 November 2009 - 11:00am
The City Fix

Smaller May Be Better in Developer Biz

While a number of mega retail developers crashed and burned during the recession, some smaller developers have thrived.
6 November 2009 - 5:00am
Retail Traffic Magazine

Growth of Asian Cities Means Growth in Greenhouse Gases

A new study from the Asian Development Bank predicts that 20 years from now, Asian cities will be responsible for more than half of the world's greenhouse gases.
2 September 2009 - 10:00am
Common Current

Transit-Oriented Asia

Dr. Ming Zhang of the University of Texas at Austin says that Asian cities, despite their density, have a lot to learn from Western transit-oriented development practices.
26 August 2009 - 1:00pm
Reconnecting America

Hanoi 2030

A consortium of consultants has released an ambitious urban development plan for Hanoi City in Vietnam, including an extensive green corridor.
22 July 2009 - 7:00am
VietNamNet Bridge

A Building Boom with a Human Cost

This piece from Next American City looks at the human toll major building projects are taking on construction workers in China, Dubai and other rapidly developing places.
13 March 2009 - 9:00am
Next American City

The Challenge of Water in Illegal Slums

This audio slideshow from Financial Times looks at the severe shortage of clean water in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and what some activists are trying to do to provide clean water for the dwellers of the city's illegal slums.
27 December 2008 - 5:00am
Financial Times

Bicycles Disappearing From Asia

Researchers in Asia are warning that unless governments start to make their urban planning policies more bicycle-friendly, bikes could virtually disappear from the urban environment within a decade.
18 November 2008 - 11:00am
The Jakarta Post

Bangla-Doomed?

Rising sea levels caused by global climate change are predicted to swallow the country of Bangladesh by the end of the century.
21 June 2008 - 1:00pm
Belfast Telegraph

Providing Public Services a Challenge for Karachi's Mayor

Tackling urban infrastructure problems in Karachi, Pakistan, is an uphill battle for Mayor Syed Mustafa Kamal. With few services, continuing violence and a rising population, he has his work more than cut out for him.
3 June 2008 - 12:00pm
NPR

Bringing 'The Projects' to Mumbai

Mumbai, Istanbul and other cities in the developing world are launching ambitious slum redevelopment plans that seem doomed to repeat the "urban inhumanity" of western postwar urban renewal projects.
14 January 2008 - 8:00am
The Globe and Mail

A Planner's 2008 Planning Wishlist for Pakistan

A Pakistani planner offers an urban planning wish list for the most urbanized country in South Asia.
27 December 2007 - 11:00am
The International news

City Noise Posing Health Threat

Ho Chi Minh City is one of the loudest cities in the world. It's excessive noise is being targeted by the World Health Organization as a serious threat to physical and mental health.
20 December 2007 - 7:00am
Thahn Nien

Infrastructure Versus Taliban

Construction of a road through a dangerous part of Afghanistan is the U.S. Military's attempt to stabilize the Taliban-controlled area.
12 November 2007 - 5:00am
NPR

Can Recreating A 16th-Century Garden Heal Kabul?

A $5 million garden restoration in the heart of Kabul is drawing hundreds of visitors and reminding us that beauty always matters, even in a time of war.
8 November 2007 - 7:00am
The Globe & Mail

Growth Threatens Historic Hanoi

Vietnam has the second-strongest economic growth in Asia, which translates to rapid development and the destruction of many famous architectural sites in Hanoi, the country's capital.
12 September 2007 - 1:00pm
The Globe and Mail

The Ancient Metropolis Of Angkor

New research is showing that the ancient Cambodian city of Angkor was once a sprawling and intricately irrigated metropolis of nearly one million people.
15 August 2007 - 5:00am
The Los Angeles Times
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