Urban Futures

We synthesize the ideas and scholarly research on alternative models of development, systematize the state of the art, update theories with recent findings in the global south region, and publish cohesive proposals and commentaries to help create conditions wherein egalitarian and resilient urban systems can take shape.
Publications
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April 30, 2024Nagar Swaraj: Community Meeting for Local Self-Governance
74th Amendment Act envisioned a third-tier government at the urban level in the 1990s. Localization of government was deemed important because it creates checks and balances of government, and brings democracy into the political system, that is public participation. Plus having citizens participate in the […]Continue reading -
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April 30, 2022शहर अपने मल का क्या करे?: भारत, वियतनाम, चीन, इंडोनेशिया और जर्मनी के शहरों में मल उपचार के कुछ अनुभव
[आरोन वॉनसिन्त्यां द्वारा लिखा गया लेख ‘शहरी मछली तालाब’ मूल रूप से ‘लो-टेक मैगज़ीन’ में मार्च 2021 में प्रकाशित हुआ था। इसका हिन्दी में अनुवाद करने और उसे प्रकाशित करने की अनुमति देने के लिए आरोन और ‘लो-टेक मैगज़ीन’ के सम्पादक क्रिस डेकर का धन्यवाद। […]Continue reading
Events
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April 30, 2024Nagar Swaraj: Community Meeting for Local Self-Governance
74th Amendment Act envisioned a third-tier government at the urban level in the 1990s. Localization of government was deemed important because it creates checks and balances of government, and brings democracy into the political system, that is public participation. Plus having citizens participate in the […]Continue reading -
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September 14, 2022Public Consultation Meeting for the Urban Agriculture Policy Draft
हिंदी संस्करण के लिए, कृपया यहां क्लिक करें Public Consultation Meeting for the Urban Agriculture Policy Draft (Organized by Working Group on Urban Agriculture Policy in Delhi and People’s Resource Centre) [A copy of the Draft can be accessed here] Urban and peri-urban agriculture has […]Continue reading
Blogs
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August 19, 2025Reverence and Ruin: The Unequal Memory of Urban Rivers in Delhi
Wild sea waves weather the coastlines, while wind in deserts carve mushroom rocks. Rain and frost weather the earth, like glaciers and snow in temperate zones. But the sculpting “effect of running water is felt all over the globe” Perhaps the gradients […]Continue reading -
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February 21, 2025Wrack and Ruin: Eviction Fears of Chilla Khadar Residents
Five hundred metres away from this residential area of Mayur Vihar, Pocket 4, lies Chilla Khadar, a settlement on the Yamuna floodplains. Around 250 to 300 households across the Yamuna floodplains face their daily struggles against flood, evictions and systemic neglect. Still, the story of […]Continue reading