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, 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 -
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January 21, 2022Beejpatra: Fifth Leaflet | Jan’22
The Fifth Edition of Beejpatra explores the symbiotic association between ‘waste’ and urban agriculture. Under capitalist urbanisation, waste is overproduction and a ‘non-value’ that can neither be consumed nor be invested back into the process of production. The production process itself is a linear rather […]Continue reading
Events
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September 9, 2021[Public Meeting] Riverfront development projects and implications of NGT orders for people’s movements
Context Unprecedented flood situations occurred in many cities of the country and the world this year, severely affecting urban life. Today urbanization has become synonymous with the conversion of cultivable lands and commons into dense webs of concrete and asphalt and their transfer to private […]Continue reading -
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July 16, 2021Another City Is Possible- Localizing Urban Democracy
Registration Link People’s Resource Centre invites you to an online discussion on the need for localization of governance and planning in Indian cities. This is the second session in continuation of our ongoing series to imagine alternatives and present people’s initiatives around the idea that […]Continue reading
Blogs
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January 1, 2022Caught in the Tangles of Court Orders and ‘Development’, the Yamuna Remains As Polluted As Ever
[This article was originally published in The Bastion] Crores have been spent by various state governments on different policies to ‘develop’ the Yamuna and bring it back to life. In the process, such schemes disenfranchise those communities that have lived by the river for generations. […]Continue reading -
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September 8, 2021Why Kolkata must reconsider its bicycle ban
– Debapriya Chanda [This article was originally published in Citizen Matters] In recent times, one of the lasting representations of Kolkata in popular culture lies in an iconic scene from the film Piku, where Bhashkor Banerjee, played by Amitabh Bachchan, is seen riding a bicycle […]Continue reading