A Visionary Architect and a New Growth Model: What’s Behind the Rise of Sponge Cities in China?

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...

Explained | What did India’s first national water-body census find?

by Veena Srinivasan | May 7, 2023 | Urban Water Press & Media

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...

Explained | What Was the U.N. Water Conference and What Happened There?

by Veena Srinivasan | Apr 4, 2023 | Urban Water Press & Media

Explained | What Was the U.N. Water Conference and What Happened There? A fisherman taking his coracle out for fishing in the Bhavani river in Tamil Nadu. Photo by Rashmi Kulranjan The complexity of today’s water problems was reflected in the conference’s proceedings:...

Wanted: A Plan to Quench Bengaluru’s Thirst

by Shreya Nath | Apr 1, 2023 | Urban Water Press & Media

Wanted: A plan to quench Bengaluru’s thirst People washing their autorickshaws at an outlet of Bengaluru’s Jakkur lake. Photo by Rashmi Kulranjan Managing and utilising Bengaluru’s abundant rain to reduce the city’s piped water demand needs a...

‘Water Credits’ Can Fund Climate Needs

by Ishita Jalan, Mukta Deodhar | Nov 16, 2022 | Products and Platforms Press & Media

‘Water Credits’ Can Fund Climate Needs Water credits represent a fixed quantum of water that is conserved or generated and can be transacted between water deficit and water surplus entities within a sub-basin | Photo Credit: YAVUZSARIYILDIZ The agenda for COP27 in...