– Geetanjali Gurlhosur [Originally published in Mongabay India (Link to the original article). Republished by Scroll.in (Link)] As the urban farming discourse in India has been expanding over the past few years, the limelight is often on upwardly-mobile urban citizens who take up farming for...
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State of Urban Agriculture in Indian Cities: Pune
We are happy to present this report based on the research conducted as part of the Urban Agriculture Fellowship-2021 by Rosamma Thomas. Rosamma conducted this research over a period of roughly two months in Pune. Through extensive community interaction and interviews of practitioners of urban...
State of Urban Agriculture in Indian Cities: Mumbai
We are happy to present this report based on the research conducted as part of the Urban Agriculture Fellowship-2021 by Geetanjali Gurlhosur. Geetanjali conducted this research over a period of roughly two months in Mumbai. By employing both community interaction and review of existing literature,...
[Applications Closed] Call for Application: Nagar-Nadi Fellowship
[Applications for the Nagar-Nadi Fellowship are now closed. Please keep subscribe to our website for future updates.] About the fellowship People’s Resource Centre (PRC), an independent research organisation based in Delhi, is conducting research on infrastructure development on riverbanks in Indian cities, with a particular...
Emerging Fronts and Dwindling Ganga
A Preliminary Report on Patna Riverfront In recent years, a new generation of river-related developmental projects has received a strong push from central and state governments. After dubious claims of success in riverfront development projects on the Sabarmati river, the policymakers are now ready with...
Livelihoods of Worli’s Koli Community Impacted by Coastal Infra Projects Further Battered by Covid-19 Crisis
– Geetanjali Gurlhosur [Originally published in The Firstpost. Link to the original article] At Mumbai’s Worli coast, 130 motorboats go out to the sea from the Worli bateri (canal) and over 200 smaller boats from two more jetties in the vicinity. The boats belong to...
Programme for the Day-1 of Farming The City-21
[पहले दिन के कार्यक्रम को हिंदी में पढ़ने के लिए यहाँ क्लिक करें] Session-1 Directions for New Urbanism The introductory session of Farming the City 21 will be centred around the idea of how modern capitalist cities are the engines of multifaceted crisis which is...
फार्मिंग द सिटी 2021- पहला दिन
सत्र-1 विषय: नई शहरियत के लिए दिशाएँ फार्मिंग द सिटी-21 का पहला सत्र इस विषय पर केंद्रित होगा कि आधुनिक पूंजीवादी शहर कई प्रकार के संकटों के वाहक हैं और उनका इस स्वरूप को बड़े पैमाने पर हो रही बेदखली और पर्यावरणीय गिरावट के रूप...
Farming The City- 2021: Schedule and Recordings
Recordings of the discussion can be watched here. | सभी सत्रों की रिकॉर्डिंग को आप यहाँ देख सकते हैं. People’s Resource Centre, in collaboration with Institute for Democracy and Sustainability (IDS) and with technical support from Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme (TRIPP) IIT...
Another City Is Possible: Democratizing urban governance
Another City Is Possible: A Discussion Series Exploring Ideas for New Urbanism Session 1: Democratising urban governance People’s Resource Centre invites you to a webinar discussion on why and how to democratise city planning and governance. We will discuss ideas for a decentralised, participatory and...