by Zumbish | Aug 7, 2023 | Rural Futures / In the News
70-80% Indian farmers depend on groundwater; solar irrigation inadequate to change crop choices: Report Policies favouring growth of staple water-intensive cereal crops in different states have played major role in irrigation expansion India’s looming groundwater...
by Smita Kumar, Cheshta Rajora, Rashmi Kulranjan | Jun 13, 2023 | Urban Water / Blogs
A Visionary Architect and a New Growth Model: What’s Behind the Rise of Sponge Cities in China? Dong’an Wetland Park in the city of Sanya in China’s Hainan Island, an example of a sponge city designed by Kongjian Yu. Credit: Turenscape Kongjian Yu was only...
by Smita Kumar, Cheshta Rajora, Rashmi Kulranjan | May 25, 2023 | Urban Water / Blogs
Soak Up the Rain: How a ‘Sponge City’ Makes Urban Areas Climate Resilient Indian cities are rapidly urbanising and becoming more vulnerable to floods. Credit: Dibakar Roy on Unsplash Bengaluru, India’s high-tech IT capital, was in deep water even before the arrival of...
by Veena Srinivasan | May 7, 2023 | Urban Water / Op-eds
Explained | What did India’s first national water-body census find? A view of the Bhavani river. Photo by Rashmi Kulranjan Water bodies are increasingly under threat from pollution, encroachment, urbanisation, and drying India is facing a water crisis with groundwater...
by Veena Srinivasan | Dec 5, 2022 | Products and Platforms / Blogs
Five Lessons We Learned As An Ecosystem Builder WELL Labs members interact with a rural community in Jharkhand in 2022. The scale and complexity of our socio-environmental problems have meant that despite decades of effort we are no closer to ensuring a decent life...
